Word: kleine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...understand that Ethel Klein is currently being considered for promotion to Associate Professor. I am writing to say that in my years as a Harvard undergraduate and as a law student (at Berkeley). I have never met anyone more committed to teaching than Professor Klein...
...reputation for good teaching (History of Science), and many of my classes were small seminars and individual tutorials. But without a doubt the best-taught class I ever took at Harvard was Government 133. "The Politics of Women's Liberation," which I took in the fall of 1979 (Professor Klein's first year at Harvard...
Professor Klein's great accomplishment was in making us understand that in order to explain how the feminist movement developed, you must integrate the "academic" issues with the "personal" issues. She devoted much of the course to developing a general theoretical model of social movements. This is what I had expected to learn from the course, and she taught it well. What I had not expected, but what ultimately turned out to be the most rewarding educational experience I have ever had, was Professor Klein's exploration of the personal experiences which drove women (and men) from all parts...
Professor Klein is such a good teacher partly because of her great commitment to her students. Within a month of the start of the semester she knew the names of almost every student in the class. The most fruitful discussions I had with her about my final paper were after the course was over. I have never seen anyone more willing to spend time with students...
...think Professor Klein is the kind of teacher that helps make Harvard a very special place to be an undergraduate. I hope you take that into account in considering whether to promote her to Associate Professor. Eduardo Muslar