Cyleste C. Collins

Education:

PhD and MSW, University of Alabama

MA and BA, University of California

Biographical Sketch

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications and Presentations

Recent Grants  

Classes I Teach at MSASS

• SASS 500, Health Disparities 
• ANTH 326/426, Power, Illness, and Inequality: The Political Economy of Health  

Affiliations

• Faculty Associate, Center on Urban Poverty & Community Development
• Faculty Associate, Schubert Center for Child Studies

Scholarly Interests

• Domestic violence
• Cultural models
• Combination/crossover of anthropological theory and social work
• HIV/AIDS
• Program planning and administration
• Research methods

How I Chose This Profession

I began my research career in psychology, but was drawn to social work in the hopes of contributing to social change through applied research.

Interesting Links

• Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development
• Poverty Center papers and reports, housed at Digital Case, Kelvin Smith Library's storehouse of academic papers
• NEO CANDO - Northeast Ohio Community and Neighborhood Data for Organizing. This is a free and publicly accessible social and economic data system from the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development.

Contact Information

Cyleste C. Collins
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-7164
cyleste.collins@case.edu