Program Co-Coordinator and Professor
Education
- Ph.D. Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, 2003
- M.Ed. Educational Psychology, Texas Tech University, 1995
- B.S. English Education, Lubbock Christian University, 1980
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor (Tenured), ELAC, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), 2009-Present
- Special Education Counselor, Anahuac ISD, 1990-1991
- Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, Department of Assistive & Rehabilitative Services (DARS) (Formerly Texas Rehabilitation Commission), 1985-1991
Research Interests
- African American Education
- Assessment
- Institutional Effectiveness
- Multicultural Issues
- Counselor Education
- Program Evaluation
- Ethics in Research
- Qualitative Research
Select Publications
- Collins, D.R. (2011). Conducting multi-generational qualitative research in education: An experiment in grounded theory. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
- Collins, D. R. (2010). African American children: Early childhood education – Recollections and life stories. In G. S. Cannella & L. D. Soto (Eds.), Childhoods: A Handbook. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
- Collins, D.R. (2018). When Autoethnography Reveals Agony: A Critical Qualitative Research Analysis. Paper presented at the Fourteenth Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois.
- Collins, D.R. (2018). When Autoethnography Reveals Agony: A Critical Qualitative Research Analysis. Paper presented at the Fourteenth Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois.
Contact Information
Phone: (936) 261-3643
Email: drcollins@pvamu.edu
Office: Delco Building, Room 115