Draft:Jonathan E. Collins

Jonathan E. Collins is an American academic and writer. He is an assistant professor of political science and education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is also the associate director of the Center for Educational Equity. He is a scholar of school governance and democratic innovations. He is the author of "Does Meeting Style Matter? The Effects of Exposure to Participatory and Deliberative School Board Meetings," which is published in the American Political Science Review. He is a regular contributor to Phi Delta Kappan and has been a guest analyst for Scripps News. Before joining the faculty at Teachers College, Columbia University, Collins was the Mary Tefft and John Hazen White Sr. Assistant Professor of Political Science, Education, and International and Public Affairs at Brown University.

Collins received his doctorate in political science and MA in African American Studies from the University of California-Los Angeles. He received his degree in English from Morehouse College.