Dr. Sipai Klein

Professor and Director

Office: Arts & Sciences G226
English
College of Arts & Sciences
SipaiKlein@clayton.edu
Phone: (678) 466-4747

Biography

Sipai Klein is an Associate Professor of English and the Director of The Writers’ Studio at Clayton State University. He earned a doctorate from New Mexico State University in Rhetoric and Professional Communication. He teaches courses on writing center education, visual rhetoric and document design, technical communication, and first-year writing. He has published work in "Computers and Composition Online," "The Writing Center Journal," "CEA Critic," and the "Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship." His research interests include technology and writing instruction, service learning, and writing center pedagogy.

Education

Ph D, Rhetoric and Professional Communication, New Mexico State University, 2011

MA, English Literature, The City College of New York, 2004

BA, Physics, Yeshiva University, 2002

Contracts, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Sipai Klein, Affordable Learning Grant for First-Year Writing, University System of Georgia, State, 35000, Funded – Spring 2021 to Spring 2022

Cantice Greene, Sipai Klein, Creating Community and Crafting a Syllabus Statement to Serve English Language Learners, Georgia Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (GATESOL), State, 1000, Funded – August 2020 to August 2021

Mary Lamb, Sipai Klein, Peer Academic Mentors in First-Year Writing, Department of Education, Federal, 91000, Funded – October 2016 to September 2021

Sipai Klein, The Creative Activities and Scholarship Enrichment (C.A.S.E.) Program Award, College of Arts and Sciences, Clayton State University Fall 2018 to Fall 2018

Sipai Klein, Cantice Greene, GATESOL 2013 Project/Professional Development for Higher and Adult Education, Georgia Teaching of English as a Second Language, State, 1000, Funded – Fall 2013 to Spring 2014

Teaching Interest

I teach courses on peer-tutoring education, nonprofit writing, professional and technical communication, visual rhetoric, and introduction to rhetoric and composition.

Research Interest

My research interests include new media in education and rhetorical theory of contemporary communication practices.