Department: English

Emily Klein

Assistant Professor of English

Office:

Berte Humanities Building 325

Contact Information:

Box 549028
Birmingham-Southern College
900 Arkadelphia Rd
Birmingham, AL 35254
Office Phone: (205) 226-4857
Office Fax: 226-3089
E-mail: eklein@bsc.edu

Brief Career Background:

Teaching Experience:
Birmingham Southern College 2010-present
Carnegie Mellon University 2004-2010

Educational Background:

Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University, Literary and Cultural Studies, 2010
B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, English, 1999

Areas of Academic Interest:

Theatre and Performance Studies
Gender and Women's Studies
Twentieth Century American Literature and Drama
Cultural Studies
Trauma Studies
Foodways, Sustainability Practices and Food Writing

Courses Taught:

EH 102 Introduction to Writing (1)
Techniques of expository prose. Prerequisite: placement by English faculty. Fall, Spring.

EH 215: Introduction to Drama (1)
An introduction to dramatic literature from the Greeks to the present.

EH 220: Literature and the Social Experience (1)
An introduction to the social interpretation of literature through study of a faculty-selected topic (such as African-American literature, war in literature, literature and the environment, or feminism and literature), focusing on a cultural movement, a social issue, or the perspective of a social group.

EH 394: Contemporary Drama (1)
A critical examination of the principal plays, playwrights and theories of contemporary drama.

EH 420: Studies in the Drama (1)
A theoretical study of the drama. The focus of the course may change each time it is offered: for example, performance studies, gender and the drama, dramatic form and theory, the theatre of the absurd.