Portrait of Dr. Alyson Alexander Collins

Dr. Alyson Alexander Collins

  • Associate Professor at Curriculum And Instruction, College of Education

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Editorial Review Board Member, Learning Disabilities Research and Practice (LDRP). 2020 - Present.
  • Member, Scholarship Committee, College of Education. 2019 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Assessment for Effective Intervention. 2014 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Review of Educational Research (RER). 2025 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Learning Disability Quarterly (LDQ). 2024 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal (LDCJ). 2023 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Written Communication. 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Teaching and Teacher Education. 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Scientific Studies of Reading. 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Review of Educational Research. 2022 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Learning Disabilities (JLD). 2022 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal. 2022 - Present.
  • Program Coordinator, Undergraduate Program Coordinator for Special Education. June 1, 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Annals of Dyslexia. 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Child Development. 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Elementary School Journal. 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Educational Psychology. 2021 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Research in Childhood Education. 2020 - Present.
  • Member, DLD Professional Development, Standards, & Ethics Committee. 2019 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Learning and Individual Differences. 2019 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Research in Reading. 2018 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal. 2018 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 2018 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Learning Disabilities Research and Practice. 2017 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Reading Teacher. 2016 - Present.
  • Participant, Special Education Program Involvement. 2015 - Present.
  • Participant, Recruitment Activities, Special Education Graduate Program. 2015 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Exceptional Children. 2015 - Present.

2028

  • Vice President, Executive Committee, Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD). 2024 - 2028.

2025

  • Organizer, College of Education Research Office (COERO) Advisory Committee. 2024 - 2025.
  • Member, Principal Investigators (PI) Council - Texas State University. 2023 - 2025.

2024

  • Secretary, Executive Committee for the Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD). July 2021 - June 2024.
  • Member, Outstanding Graduate Student Award Review Committee. 2024.
  • Member, Principal Investigator (PI) Working Group - College of Education. 2023 - 2024.
  • Member, Summative Evaluation Committee for Dr. Michael O’Malley, Dean of the College of Education. January 2024 - September 2024.

2023

  • Member, Search Committee for the Chair of the Department of Curriculum & Instruction. 2022 - 2023.
  • Member, Search Committee for Assistant Vice President of Research Development. November 2022 - May 2023.

2022

  • Member, Library Committee. 2016 - 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal. 2020 - 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Learning Disabilities. 2019 - 2022.
  • Member, Search Committee for COERO Research Coordinator for Proposal Development,College of Education Research Office (COERO), Texas State University. August 12, 2022 - December 20, 2022.
  • Speaker, Centennial School of Lehigh University. December 7, 2022.
  • Faculty Respondent, 2022 International Research Conference for Graduate Students at Texas State University. April 5, 2022 - April 8, 2022.

2021

  • Member, Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD) Research Committee. 2015 - 2021.

2019

  • Member, Search Committee for COERO Research Coordinator for Proposal Development,College of Education Research Office (COERO), Texas State University. 2019.

2018

  • Reviewer / Referee, Learning Disability Quarterly. 2018.
  • Member, Scholarship Committee, Department of Curriculum & Instruction. 2016 - 2018.
  • Graduate Advisor, Interim Graduate Advisor for the Special Education Program. August 2017 - August 2018.

2016

  • Organizer, Buttercup Parent Representative, Texas State Child Development Center (CDC). August 1, 2015 - August 1, 2016.

2013

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Early Intervention. 2013.
  • University Mentor, Mentor for new doctoral student, Department of Special Education, Vanderbilt University. 2012 - 2013.

2012

  • Reviewer / Referee, Education and Treatment of Children. 2012.
  • Member, Social Committee, Department of Special Education, Vanderbilt University. 2011 - 2012.

2011

  • Member, Austin Area Branch of International Dyslexia Association (AABIDA) Board. 2010 - 2011.
  • Member, Campus Safety Committee, Forest Trail Elementary, Eanes ISD. 2007 - 2011.
  • Member, Student Assistance Team/Student Support Team, Forest Trail Elementary, Eanes ISD. 2006 - 2011.

2010

  • Local Unit President, Association of Texas Professional Educators, Eanes ISD. 2009 - 2010.

2009

  • Member, Mascot Co-Supervisor, Forest Trail Elementary, Eanes ISD. 2008 - 2009.
  • Member, Teacher Leadership Academy, Eanes ISD. 2007 - 2009.
  • Building Representative, Association of Texas Professional Educators, Eanes ISD. 2007 - 2009.

2008

  • Member, District Leadership Team, Eanes ISD. 2007 - 2008.
  • Member, Sunshine Committee, Forest Trail Elementary, Eanes ISD. 2007 - 2008.
  • Member, Campus Leadership Team, Forest Trail Elementary, Eanes ISD. 2006 - 2008.

2007

  • Member, Kindergarten Math District Curriculum Committee, Eanes ISD. 2006 - 2007.
  • Member, Science Committee, Forest Trail Elementary, Eanes ISD. 2006 - 2007.

2001

  • Scholarship Chairman, Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority, Beta XI Chapter- University of Texas at Austin. 2001.
  • Member, The Student Council for the College of Education, University of Texas at Austin. 2000 - 2001.
  • Member, Gamma Beta Phi. 1999 - 2001.
  • Member, Alpha Lambda Delta. 1999 - 2001.
  • Member, Phi Eta Sigma. 1999 - 2001.
  • Member, National Society of Collegiate Scholars. 1999 - 2001.