Courtney R. Collins | Lesley University

Courtney Collins is an adjunct professor in the International Higher Education Program in the Lesley University Graduate School of Education. She is also a training instructor with the Department of Defense. Her teaching and research area of focus has been on global and multicultural education, international student mobility, and transnational education in Eastern Asia.

Education

Doctor of Education, Educational Leadership & Higher Education, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

Master of Science, Higher Education Administration & Leadership, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Arts, (2007) Communication Studies & Dance, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, VA

Selected Publications

Collins, C. R. (2019). Undergraduate student mobility from the United States: Factors for understanding study abroad to China. ETD collection for University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
Yao, C.W., Collins, C., & Bush, T., Briscoe, K.L., & Dang, N.L.T. (2021). English as a “double barrier”: English medium instruction and student learning at Vietnamese transnational universities. Higher Education Research and Development.
Yao, C.W., Bush, T., Collins, C., Tuliao, M., Briscoe, K.L., & Dang, N.L.T. (2021). Exploring STEM undergraduate self-regulated learning at a Vietnamese transnational university. Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education.
Yao, C.W., Garcia, C., & Collins, C. (forthcoming). English as Lingua Franca: Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of English Language on Vietnamese Graduate Student Learning. Journal for the Study of Postsecondary and Tertiary Education.
Yao, C.W., & Collins, C. (2018). Student-centered learning at a Vietnamese transnational university: Perspectives from Vietnamese graduate students. Journal of Further and Higher Education.

Selected Presentations

Yao, C. W., Collins, C. & Bush, T. (2019, April). English as a ‘Double Barrier’: English Medium Instruction and Student Learning at Transnational Universities. Paper session presented at the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada.
Yao, C. W., Bush, T., & Collins, C. (2018, Nov). “We Had a Double Barrier”: Exploring STEM Undergraduate Learning at a Vietnamese Transnational University. Poster session presented at the Association for Studies in Higher Education Annual Conference, Tampa, FL.
Yao, C.W., Garcia, C.E., & Collins, C. (2017, April). English as Lingua Franca: Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities of English Proficiency on Vietnamese Graduate Student Learning. Paper session presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Yao, C.W., & Collins, C. (2016, August). Student-Centered Learning at a Transnational University: Perspectives from Vietnamese Graduate Students. Paper session presented at the XVI World Congress of Comparative Education Societies Conference, Beijing, China.
Lutes, E., Collins, C., & O’Neill, A. (2013, May). Advancing U.S.-EU Diplomacy via the Fulbright Commission. Paper session presented at the Biennial Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Baltimore, MD.