Ann Collins, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Director, University 101

Office: Piper Academic Center 203

Phone: (618) 537-6897

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis

M.A., Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis

M.A., American & Latin American History, Louisiana State University

B.A., International Studies, Texas State University

Research Interests

American politics, collective violence, race riots

Recent Conferences

Chair/Discussant, "Struggles for a Just Society in California," at the Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting, March 16-19, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada

Co-Leader, "Teaching Circles: Promoting Good Teaching through Interdisciplinary Collaboration" (with Shelly Lemons), workshop at the Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting, March 16-19, 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada

Participant, Focus on Teaching and Technology: A Regional Conference at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, November 12, 2010, St. Louis, Missouri

Participant, "Understanding the Learning Process as the Gateway to Better Teaching," Workshop at the 35th Annual POD [Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education] Conference, November 3-7, 2010, St. Louis, Missouri

Participant, "Reconciliation in America: Moving Beyond Racial Violence," at the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation National Symposium, June 2-4, 2010, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Chair/Discussant, "Race Relations and Responses," at the Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting, March 31-April 3, 2010, Houston, Texas

Presenter, "And You Thought You Had Enough To Do! On-Campus Faculty Professional Development Opportunities" (with Alan Alewine), at the 29th Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, November 19-22, 2009, Oxford, Ohio

Presenter, "Illinoistown: A Cultural History of East St. Louis in the Twentieth Century" (with Martha H. Patterson), at the American Studies Association Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2009, Washington, D.C.

Panel Organizer/Presenter, "'What the Hell Are You Fellows Afraid of?  Women Want Protection': American Race Riots from the Progressive Era Through World War II," at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 2-5, 2009, Chicago, Illinois

Participant, “American Empire & the Exportation of Democracy,” Midwest Faculty Seminar, October 30-November 1, 2008, Chicago, Illinois Chair/Organizer, “Race Relations in the United States: An Interdisciplinary Approach,” at the Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting, March 12-15, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada

Participant, “US or US and Them: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Next U.S Presidency,” National Conference of the World Affairs Council, February 6-8, 2008, Washington, D.C.

Presenter, “‘The Bodies of all the Negros Were Dressed in Soldiers’ Clothes’: American Race Riots and African American Servicemen,” at the Mid-America Conference on History, September 27-29, 2007, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Presenter, “‘To Choke the Cape Fear River with Carcasses’: A Comparative Analysis of American Race Riots from the Progressive Era through World War II,” at the Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting, March 14-17, 2007, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Publications

"Social History of Race Riots in America," in Lynn Dumenil, ed., The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Social History. New York, NY: Oxford University Press (forthcoming).

“Red Summer Race Riots” in Leslie Alexander and Walter Rucker, eds., Encyclopedia of African American History. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010.

Review of Frymer, Paul. Black and Blue: African Americans, the Labor Movement, and the Decline of the Democratic Party. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2007, in The Journal of Politics, 71 (January 2009): 353-354.

“Beaumont (Texas) Riot of 1943," pp. 29-30, in Walter Rucker and James Upton, eds., Encyclopedia of American Race Riots. Vol. 1. Westwood, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006.

“Greenwood Community (Tulsa, Oklahoma),” pp. 260-261, in Walter Rucker and James Upton, eds., Encyclopedia of American Race Riots. Vol. 1. Westwood, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006.

“Knoxville (Tennessee) Riot of 1919," pp. 346-348, in Walter Rucker and James Upton, eds., Encyclopedia of American Race Riots. Vol. 1. Westwood, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006.

“New Orleans (Louisiana) Riot of 1900," pp. 459-461, in Walter Rucker and James Upton, eds., Encyclopedia of American Race Riots. Vol. 2. Westwood, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006.

“New York City of 1900,” pp. 474-476, in Walter Rucker and James Upton, eds., Encyclopedia of American Race Riots. Vol. 2. Westwood, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006.

Organizations

American Political Science Association

Midwest Political Science Association

Southwestern Social Science Association

World Affairs Council-St. Louis

Honor Societies

Alpha Chi

Golden Key

Phi Alpha Theta

Phi Eta Sigma

Phi Kappa Phi (McKendree University chapter vice president, April 2009-present)

Pi Sigma Alpha (McKendree University chapter advisor)

Sigma Iota Rho

Coordinator

McKendree University Faculty Teaching Circles