Donald Earl Collins

Silver Spring, MD USA
10 Years Experience

Professional Experience

I am a freelance and academic writer who has written pieces on multiculturalism, education reform and Black/American identity for more than fifteen years. My freelancer publications include narrative profiles, op-eds, feature articles, and entries for national newspapers and magazines.

Expertise

Book Author 10 YearsWriter 15 YearsSocial Media 7 Years

Specialty

Arts & Humanities 11 YearsEducation 17 YearsBooks & Literature 10 Years

Industries

Academia Teaching 17 YearsNonprofit 11 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Suite 101 (3-5)
  • Teachers College Record (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Cengage Learning (1-2)

Other Work History

Cengage Learning (2014) Educational Testing Service (2009-2013) American Institutes for Research (2009-2010) Junior Statesmen Foundation (2008-2009) Academy for Educational Development [now FHI 360] (2008)

Technical Skills

Adobe Photoshop iMovie/Final Cut Pro Dreamweaver/HTML

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office Adobe Products Windows XP/Vista OS X

Equipment

Laptop, digital recorder, digital camera, flash drive, iPhone

General

The Ivory Tower and Scholar Activism
(Academe Magazine 10/31/2005)
Commentary about the overuse of the term "scholar-activist" and the need to define who scholar-activists really are.
K-12 Education Reform and Unlearned Lessons From Magnet Schools
(Teachers College Record 2/15/2013)
A comparative article (February 2013) about the current K-12 education reform efforts -- high-stakes testing and using this as the primary measure for teacher effectiveness -- and magnet schools as a reform effort of the 1970s and 1980s.