Julie Thompson Klein

Julie Thompson Klein (December 8, 1944—January 15, 2023) was a professor and scholar in the field of Interdisciplinary Studies at Wayne State University. Klein was widely known as a pioneer in interdisciplinary education, and had consulted widely in academic and other settings in the field. In 2016, she was a speaker at the Centennial Symposium of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. During her 36 years at Wayne state, her publications had been heavily cited.

Publications (partial)

Books:

Interdisciplining Digital Humanities: Boundary Work in an Emerging Field. University of Michigan Press. 2015. .

Articles: "Interdisciplinarity and complexity: An evolving relationship." structure 71 (1984): 72. "Blurring, cracking, and crossing: Permeation and the fracturing of discipline." Knowledges: Historical and critical studies in disciplinarity (1993): 185–214. "Prospects for transdisciplinarity." Futures 36.4 (2004): 515–526. "Integrative learning and interdisciplinary studies." Peer Review 7, no. 4 (2005): 8–10. "A platform for a shared discourse of interdisciplinary education." JSSE-Journal of Social Science Education 5, no. 4 (2006). "Afterword: the emergent literature on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research evaluation." Research Evaluation 15, no. 1 (2006): 75–80. "Evaluation of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research: a literature review." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 35, no. 2 (2008): S116-S123.