Kathleen Collins, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Special Education
Curriculum and Instruction
120 Peabody Hall
Phone: 479-575-4218
FAX: 479-575-6676
kxc01@uark.edu
Degrees:
- Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Education, 1996
- M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Special Education, 1993
- B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, Sociology, 1989
Teaching Areas:
- High Incidence Disabilities
- Mixed Methods Research
Research Interests:
Curricular Development - Special Populations
Literacy - Adult Learners
Mixed Methods Research
Professional Biography:
Kathleen Collins received her Ph.D. in Special Education with an academic emphasis in Research Methods-Qualitative Analysis from the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.Academic Interests and Accomplishments:
To date, Dr. Collins has presented more than 70 research papers at international, national, and regional conferences, and she has published more than 60 research articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters. Dr. Collins is lead editor of a book titled Toward a Broader Understanding of Stress and Coping: Mixed Methods Approaches (2010) (Information Age Publishing). In 2003 and 2009, Dr. Collins was awarded the UA Department of Curriculum and Instruction's Outstanding Research Award.