Gary Klein
Biography
Gary Klein is Professor of History at SUNY Westchester Community College & Co-Chair of the New York City Chapter of the Alumni and Friends of the London School of Economics (LSE).
He has taught courses in 19th and 20th century US history as well as on the American Presidency at SUNY/Westchester Community College since 2001. Gary Klein earned his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his M.A. and Ph. D. from the London School of Economics, all in history.
Over the course of his service to the College, Dr. Klein has earned numerous teaching honors including the SUNY Chancellor’s Award, NISOD and the WCC Foundation award.
Dr. Klein plays a prominent role in promoting faculty development. He is an active faculty in programs of the Center for Faculty, and founded the Junior Faculty Association program and the “No-Pressure Observation “ program which provides resources for teaching observations of faculty.
Awards
Elected to the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society 1987
Awarded British Government Overseas Research Scholarship (O.R.S) for Ph.D. 1993
Runner-up “Outstanding Dissertation Award”, American Journalism Historians Association 1998
Selected to the New York Council for the Humanities, “Speakers in the Humanities” Program 2002-05
State University of New York Chancellor’s Award (Teaching) 2006
Joseph and Sophia Abeles Endowed Chair for Faculty Development 2006
Keynote Speaker, Phi Theta Kappa Induction Ceremony 2006
National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Award (Teaching) 2007
Susan B. Hoffman Students First Service Award 2015
WCC Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching 2015
WCC Student Service Award 2015
Education
PhD International History, London School of Economics
MA International History, London School of Economics
BA History, University of Pennsylvania
Doctoral Dissertation
The American Press and the Rise of Hitler, 1923-33
Institutions
Professor of History, SUNY Westchester Community College (2001 - Present)
Adjunct Professor of History, Sacred Heart University (2000-2001)
Coordinator, New York City Chapter of the Alumni and Friends of the London School of Economics (LSE).
Fields
History
Topics
American History
American Presidential History
World War I
Art History
Courses Taught
19th Century US History
20th Century US History
History of the American Presidency
Presentations & Publications
Wrote and Produced, Lara’s Story (a documentary about the Syrian Civil War) 2018
“Transforming the Workplace Across Generational Lines: How and Why Different Generations Think and Act the Way They Do” HSBC Media Relations Department 2014
“Education and the Arab Spring” Davis Scholars Program 2013
“How to Build Mentorship—a Hands-on Approach” (Co Presented with Prof. Scovotti), Connections Mentoring Breakfast 2012
“Teaching and Learning in the Arab World” Center for Teaching and Scholarship 2011
“An American in Jordan” Fourth Unitarian Society, Mohegan Lake, NY 2011
“The American Press and the Rise of Hitler, 1923-1933” Fourth Unitarian Society 2010
World War II Conference, Keynote Speaker, Brookdale Community College 2008
“Global Migrations” Davis Scholar Program 2007
“The American Presidency”, WCC Faculty Development Week 2007
“Art & Revolutions” Mid-Atlantic World History Association Conference 2004
“The American Presidency”, White Plains Rotary Club 2004
“Voyage of the Saint Louis” (Review) Journalism & Communication Monographs 2003
New York Council for the Humanities (various venues) 2002-06
“When the News Doesn’t Fit: The New York Times and Hitler’s First Two Months in Office” Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly (Volume 78, Number 1), Spring 2001
“Newspapers in American Life”, New York Council for the Humanities Summer 2001 Humanities Teacher Institute, Bard College 2001
American Journalism Historians Association, Northeastern Regional Conference, Columbia University, 2001
“Journalism Ethics”, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 1999
American Journalism Historians Association, National Conference, Louisville, KY 1998
American Journalism Historians Association/Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Northeastern Regional Conference, New York University 1997 & 1998