Linda Collins (psychologist)

Linda M. Collins is an American quantitative psychologist who is a professor of global public health at the New York University.

Life
Collins earned a B.A. in psychology at the University of Connecticut. She received a Ph.D. in quantitative psychology from the University of Southern California.

Collins was a tenured faculty member at the University of Southern California. She was a distinguished professor of human development and family studies at Pennsylvania State University. At the New York University, she is a professor of global public health in the department of social and behavioral sciences.

Collins is an elected fellow of the American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, and the Society of Behavioral Medicine. She served as president of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology and the Society for Prevention Research.