C.C. Wheeler Professor and Chair

Phone: 309-677-2433

Fax:    309-677-3813
Email: nina@bradley.edu

Nina Collins has served as chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences since 1982.   She teaches Introductory Food Principles, Investigation of Food Topics, Consumer Issues in America, and Senior Seminar in Family and Consumer Sciences.  She also supervises student teachers in family and consumer sciences.   Her current research centers on the history and philosophy of family and consumer sciences and consumer readability of HIPAA forms.   Dr. Collins has served as mentor for several undergraduate research projects, including Mildred Arnold Scholars in the department.

Background
Prior to joining the department, Dr. Collins worked in food research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Md.  She is the author of recent articles in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society , the Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences,  Journal of Applied Health and the book, An Industrious and Useful Life: The History of Home Economics at Bradley University.   In 2002, she developed a Web-based directory of online resources for high school teachers that appears on the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences' Web site: www.aafcs.org. Collins also serves on the editorial boards of the online journal for the undergraduate research community and the Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences.

She has been awarded the Putnam Award for Excellence in Teaching from Bradley University, the Award of Excellence from the Parents' Association of Bradley University,  Student Organization Advisor of the Year, Academic Advisor of the Year and the Award for Outstanding Professional Service from the College of Education and Health Sciences at Bradley.

Degrees & Certification
Dr. Collins received her EdD from Oklahoma State University and her MS and BS from Southern Illinois University.  She is also certified in family and consumer sciences.

Recent Scholarly Activity (Adobe Acrobat format)