Faculty Profiles

Dr. Kristina Henry Collins

Program Faculty — Curriculum And Instruction

ED LBJ INSTITUTE SER

phone: (512) 245-8492

khc19@txstate.edu

Social, Emotional & Cultural Contexts of Advanced Development

STEM Identity and Talent Development; Multicultural Gifted Education; Mentoring Across the Lifespan

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

Collins, K. H., Coleman, M. R., & Grantham, T. C. (2022). A bioecological perspective of emotional/behavioral challenges for Gifted students of color: support needed vs. Support received. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 30(2), 86–95. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/10634266221076466
Collins, K. H., & Fields-Smith, C. (n.d.). Addressing underachievement connected to home-school cultural discontinuity: Extending practices of parent engagement that fosters STEM talent development among gifted Black students. In Underachievement in gifted education: Perceptions, practice, and possibilities. Routledge.
Piske, F. H. R., Collins, K. H., & Arnstein, K. (Eds.). (2022). Critcial issues in servicing twice-exceptional students: Socially, emotionally, and culturally framing learning exceptionalities. Springer Nature.
Collins II, T. D. D., & Collins, K. H. (n.d.). Translating athletic talent for gifted identification and academic talent development: Expanding Frasier’s new window for looking at gifted children. In Underachievement in gifted education: Perceptions, practice, and possibilities. Routledge.
Piske, F. H. R., & Collins, K. H. (2022). Identifying, preventing and combating bullying in gifted education (Vol. Contemporary Perspectives on Multicultural Gifted Education, p. 224). United States: Information Age Publishing.

Award / Honor Recipient: Service Learning Excellence Fellow, Texas State University. August 2016 - Present
Award / Honor Recipient: NAGC Early Leader Award, National Association for Gifted Children. March 2021 - November 2021
Award / Honor Recipient: 2021 Person to Watch, Bridges Education Group. November 2020
Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. 2019
Award / Honor Recipient: "Multicultural Curriculum Transformation and Research Institute Award, Texas State University. 2018

Collins, Kristina Henry. General Mills Foundation Community Action Grant, $8000. (Funded: 2012). Grant.
Collins, Kristina Henry. Liberal arts cultural diversity program and study abroad curriculum, $20000. (Funded: 2010). Grant.
Shi, Xijun (Principal), Collins, Kristina Henry (Co-Principal). M-STTR: Lunar Concrete for Additive Manufacturing Using Locally Available Resources on the Moon, NASA, Federal, $49924. (Submitted: May 2022, Funded: October 2022 - Present). Grant.
Huling, Leslie L (Principal), Collins, Kristina Henry (Co-Principal). NASA EPDC-3: NASA STEM Engagement & Educator Professional Development Collaborative, NASA, Federal, $10467745. (Submitted: December 18, 2020, Funded: September 1, 2021 - February 28, 2023). Grant.
Collins, Kristina Henry (Principal), Cano Amaya, Laura (Co-Principal). Mentoring Matters STEM Learning Communities, Equity & Access Committee, Texas State University, $5000.00. (Funded: January 18, 2018 - June 30, 2018). Grant.

Member

Advisory Board, Texas Gifted Education Family Network (GEFN)

May 2020-Present

Member

National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)

September 2018-Present

Editorial Review Board Member

International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (IJTLHE)

2014-Present

President

Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted

January 1, 2020-December 31, 2021

Member

Faculty Advisory Council

September 2016-2018