University of Arkansas at Little Rock

slcollier@ualr.edu

I am originally from Arkansas, and returned to the state in 2006 after about 15 years in St. Louis and Arlington, TX.

Memberships

• CSWE
• SSWR

Classes Taught

UALR BSW program

• Practice III

UALR MSW program

• Social Welfare Policy and Services
• Social Work Research Methods
• Statistics for Social Workers
• Women and Family Issues in Social Work

Classes taught at other universities

BSW

• Human Behavior and the Social Environment I & II
• Social Welfare Policy and Services
• Women’s Issues in Social Work (BSW Special Issues Course)

MSW

• Foundations of Social Welfare Policy and Services
• Integrative Seminar
• Introduction to Data Analysis and Management
• Research Methods for Social Work Practice
• Social, Economic, and Political Environment
• Women and Family Policy

Publications

Peer reviewed

• Collier-Tenison, S. (2003). Economic factors in intimate partner conflict and violence. Social Development Issues, 25(1/2), 247-261.
• Pandey, S., Brown, E. F., Scheuler-Whitaker, L., & Collier-Tenison, S. (2002). Welfare reform on American Indian reservations: Initial experience of service providers and recipients on reservations in Arizona. Journal of Social Policy, 1, 75-97.
• Pandey, S., & Collier-Tenison, S. (2001). Welfare reform: An exploration of devolution. Social Justice, 28(1), 54-75.
• Pandey, S., Zhan, M., & Collier-Tenison, S. (2004). Families’ experience with welfare reform on reservations in Arizona. Social Work Research, 28(2), 93-104.
• Simmons, C., Lehmann, P., & Collier-Tenison, S. (forthcoming March 2008). Exploring the link between male use of the sex industry and controlling behaviors in violent relationships. Violence Against Women.
• Simmons, C.A., Lehmann, P., & Collier-Tenison, S. (accepted with revisions). From victim to offender: The effects of male initiated violence on women arrested for using intimate partner violence. Journal of Family Violence.
• Simmons, C.A., Lehmann, P., & Collier-Tenison, S. (forthcoming 2008). Men’s use of controlling behaviors: a comparison of reports by women in a domestic violence shelter and women in a domestic violence offender program. Journal of Family Violence.

Other

• Pandey, S., Zhan, M., Collier-Tenison, S., Hui, K. (2000). “How are families on reservations faring under welfare reform?” Working Paper. St. Louis, MO: Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University.

Under review

• Spence, E., Collier-Tenison, S., & Page, J. (under review). Layers of oppression: Uncovering the complexities of intimate partner violence among homeless women. Journal of Family Violence.

Past Positions

September 2002 to present

Faculty Associate, Center for Social Development, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.

September 2002 to June 2006

Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work, Arlington, Texas.

September 2002 to June 2006

Graduate Advisor, The University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work, Arlington, Texas.

Education

• B.A. from Hendrix College, Conway, AR in 1991
• M.S.W. from George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, MO in 1994
• Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis, MO in 2002