Collins Elected to AERA SIG Executive Committee
Kathleen Collins, University of Arkansas associate professor of special education, has been elected to the Special Interest Group Executive Committee of the American Educational Research Association.
Collins will serve a three-year term, ending in 2015. The committee's role is to serve as an advocate for AERA special interest groups. Collins will also serve on the program committee overseeing the AERA annual meeting.
The American Educational Research Association is an international professional organization founded in 1916 with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical application. Its 25,000 members are educators, administrators, directors of research, people working with testing or evaluation in federal, state and local agencies, counselors, evaluators, graduate students and behavioral scientists. The broad range of disciplines represented by the membership includes education, psychology, statistics, sociology, history, economics, philosophy, anthropology and political science.
Collins formerly served as chair (2009-2010) of the Mixed Methods Research Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association. In 2010, she was named Outstanding Reviewer by AERA for her role as reviewer for Educational Researcher, one of the association's research journals. Collins' research interests are in methodological issues as they pertain to mixed methods research, special populations, and the identification and assessment of literacy problems of post-secondary students.
Contacts
Heidi Wells, director of communications
College of Education and Health Professions
479-575-3138,
heidisw@uark.edu
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