Department of History - Carnegie Mellon University

Faculty

Sandra Collins

Rank: Adjunct Professor
MA, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
MLS, University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D.: University of Pittsburgh, (anticipated-2009)
Department Member Since: 2003

Sandra (Sandee) Collins is Librarian and Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at the Byzantine Catholic Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA. She is also ABD in Religious Studies at the University of Pittsburgh with a concentration in the Hebrew Bible, gender and folklore. Her anticipated completion date is Spring/Summer 2009.

Select Publications

“Esther” ; “Lamentations,” Cambridge Dictionary of Jewish Religion, History, and Culture, Cambridge University Press (forthcoming- Spring 2009).

“Windmills: To Know Faith is to Ask Questions,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 16, 2008.

“The Art of Part-Time,” with Allison Brungard, Library Journal, October 30, 2006 www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6386517.html.

“Give Parents a Break,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 4, 2006.

“Truth: an elusive prey,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 26, 2005.

“Lilith: a woman of consequence,” Women in Judaism, Fall 2005 (forthcoming) www.utoronto.ca/wjudaism

“Forum: The tale of my tattoo,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 17, 2002.

“Wrong words, wrong time,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 7, 200.1

“The trouble with girls,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 21, 2001.

“Raising girls for life,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 11, 1999.

“Shame,” Monroeville Times-Express, November 1998.

“Notching down, by choice,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 26, 199.

“So, you want to talk to me? Surviving the first professional interview,” Library Journal, October 15, 1995.

Contributor, Pittsburgh Parent, 1999 – present.

Reviewer, Doody’s Review Service, 2004-present www.doody.com.

Reviewer, Educational Media Reviews Online libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/emro/about.html, 2001-present. Subject specialities include general religion as well as women’s studies, anthropology and natural sciences.

Reviewer, Library Journal, 1990 - present. Subject specialties include Christianity, religion and the family, religion and women.