Klein is an artist, teacher, curator, and university administrator. At the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, she is Director of Special Projects in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. She is also co-Director of Science & the Arts at The Graduate Center. In 2013 she was named Chair of LEAF (Leonardo Education and Art Forum), an affiliated society of the College Art Association. As such, she promotes art/science events at international conferences and regional meetings. LEAF is an initiative of Leonardo magazine