Recently appointed to the position of Academic Dean of the Seminary, Dr. Collins was also appointed Adjunct Professor in Biblical Studies by Metropolitan Archbishop Basil M. Schott.  She has published several articles in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as well as serving as a religion reviewer for library trade journals.  She is a contributor to the forthcoming Cambridge Dictionary of Jewish Religion, History, and Culture and will be presenting her research on women in the Old Testament at Youngstown State University’s conference, “The Jewish Woman and Her Body", in March 2010.  She has previously presented papers at The Association for Jewish Studies annual conferences and The American Academy of Religion’s regional conference.

Prior to her appointment at the Seminary, Dr. Collins was a reference librarian at the Gumberg Library of Duquesne University.  She is an Adjunct Faculty member of Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.  Dr. Collins started her degree program when her youngest child was still in diapers and is very much looking forward to more time with her husband, Mark, and their three children, Faith, Hope and Grace.