Kimberly Collins
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Bio
Kimberly Collins, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Barbara and William Leonard Transportation Center (LTC) at California State University, San Bernardino. The LTC is a regional transportation center focused on improving innovation in transportation administration and policy through data driven decision making. In addition to her role at the LTC, she is a Professor of Public Administration at CSUSB. Kimberly’s current research focuses on technology integration, social equity, sustainability, networks, and democracy in communities, particularly borderlands. She was appointed to the Good Neighbor Environmental Board (a U.S. EPA Presidential Advisory Commission) in 2018 and is the North American Regional Editor for the Journal of Borderlands Studies. Kimberly received her Ph.D. in 2006 from El Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Tijuana, Baja California and a MA in Political Science with a focus on International Relations from San Diego State University.
Education
Ph.D., Public Administration from El Colegio de la Frontera Norte Dissertation Title (completed in English and Spanish): Local Government Capacity and Quality of Life in the U.S.-Mexican Border: The Case of Calexico and Mexicali / La Capacidad de Gobierno Local y La Calidad de Vida en La Frontera de Los Estados Unidos y Mexico: El Caso de Calexico y Mexicali
Certificate in Rural Development, Cornell University
MA in Political Science, International Relations from San Diego State University Thesis Title: Direct Foreign Investment and Labor Conditions: Case Study of the Mexican Maquilas
BA in Political Science, University of California, San Diego
Courses/Teaching
PA3800 - Introduction to Public Administration
PA3150 - Government-Business Relations
PA5200 - Water Law & Policy
PA5730 - Public Transportation Systems
PA6110 - Public Administration Theory and Practice
PA6800 - Public Policy Analysis
Research and Teaching Interests
Democracy and local governance in a global world; new technologies and transportation policy; sustainability, social equity, and network governance; development and growth along the U.S.-Mexican border region
ResearchGate Link