Megan Collins, Ph.D.
P.O Box 519 ~ M.S. 2203
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Prairie View, Texas 77446
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(936) 261-3205
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mecollins@pvamu.edu
EDUCATION:
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
August 2014
Ph.D., Sociology; GPR 3.83
Advisor: Dr. Stjepan Meštrović
Dissertation: Losing Sight of Ourselves: A Theoretical Analysis of Reality Television in the United States
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
December 2010
MS, Sociology; GPR 3.25
Thesis: “Losing Sight of Ourselves: Applying Durkheim, Giddens, Baudrillard and Vaknin to Reality Television”
Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
BA, Sociology
May 2008
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Culture, Classical and Contemporary Theory, Media Studies, War Crimes, Reality Television
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
Southwestern Social Science Association, New Orleans, LA
March 2013
“Consequence of Believing the Lie: An Examination of the Reality Television Show Hoarders”
American Sociological Association, Denver, CO
August 2012
Invitation to Present: “Overshadowing Reality: How an Ideology Leads to a Fear of Accountability and Denial of
Responsibility”
Southwestern Social Science Association, San Diego, CA
April 2012
“Why is Emily Salazar Better Than Me? An Examination of the Reality Television Show Toddlers and Tiaras
Southwestern Social Science Association, Las Vegas, NV
March 2011
“Losing Sight of Ourselves: Applying Durkheim, Vaknin, Giddens and Baudrillard to Reality Television”
Southern Sociological Society, Richmond, VA
April 2008
“Bureaucratic Decisions, Consensus and the Role of the Media in the Central Texas Chapter of the American Civil
Liberties Union”
Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA
April 2007
“Liberalism and Cohabitation in the United States”
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX
Blinn College, Bryan, TX
August 2014-present
January 2013- present
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
Texas A&M University Career Center, Graduate Assistant, College Station, TX
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Brazos Valley, Match Support Specialist,
September 2011-October 2013
September 2008-September 2011
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American Sociological Association
Southwestern Social Science Association
2011-present
2011-present