Doctorate of Philosophy (Department of Religious Studies), University of Pittsburgh, PA

Masters of Library Science (School of Library and Information Science), University of Pittsburgh, PA

Masters of Arts (Christian History/Biblical Languages), Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA

Bachelors of Arts (Anthropology/Biology), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Faculty (2007-present) and Director of Byzantine Online at BCS (2010-present)

Adjunct Faculty at Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (2003-present)

Online faculty at Church Divinity School of the Pacific (2009-present)

Teaching Fellow at the Deptartment of Religious Studies, University of Pittsburgh, PA (2001-present)

Reference librarian of Gumberg Library, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA (2000-07)

Association for Jewish Studies

American Academy of Religion

Pennsylvania Library Association

Catholic Library Association

• Reviewer and Columnist, Library Journal, 1990-present.

• Film reviews, Women in Judaism: a Multidisciplinary e-Journal, 13:2 (2016)

• “The Voices of Islam,” Library Journal 142:6 (April 1, 2017), 47-51:

• 920 CLA: Q and A with Sandra Collins, Catholic Library World 87:3 (March 2017), 165:

• “Breathing with Two Lungs: Eastern Catholic Resources,” Catholic Library World 87:2 (Dec. 2016), 99-108.

• “A Wandering Aramean: ATLA and the Eastern Christian Scholar,” Catholic Library World,
85:1 (Sept. 2014), 22-30.

• Weapons Upon her Body: The Female Heroic in the Hebrew Bible (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2012).

• “Esther”; “Lamentations,” Cambridge Dictionary of Jewish Religion, History, and Culture, (Cambridge University Press, 2011).

• “Windmills: To Know Faith is to Ask Questions,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 16, 2008

• “The Art of Part-Time,” with Allison Brungard, Library Journal, October 30, 2006

• “Give Parents a Break,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 4, 2006

• “Truth: an elusive prey,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 26, 2005

• “Lilith: a woman of consequence,” Women in Judaism, Fall 2005 (forthcoming)

• “Forum: The tale of my tattoo,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 17, 2002

• “Wrong words, wrong time,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 7, 2001

• “The trouble with girls,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 21, 2001

• “Raising girls for life,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 11, 1999

• “Shame,” Monroeville Times-Express, November 1998

• “Notching down, by choice,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 26, 1997

• “So, you want to talk to me? Surviving the first professional interview,” Library Journal, October 15, 1995

Click HERE to read Dr. Collins’ Extended Curriculum Vitae.

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