Shartriya Collier, Ed.D. Nevada State College School of Education Associate Dean
Dr. Shartriya Collier is currently Associate Dean/Professor of the School of Education at Nevada State College. Prior to her current position, Dr. Collier was Professor in the Department of Elementary Education at California State University, Northridge for 13 years where she instructed courses related to bilingual education, English language learners, family literacy, and multicultural education. With over 20 years of experience teaching in both K-12 settings and higher education, issues of equity and diversity have been consistent themes in her professional trajectory.
She earned her B.A. in Spanish from Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Shartriya received her Master’s degree in Bilingual/Bicultural Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She completed her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at Temple University in Philadelphia. Dr. Collier has published widely.Recent articles have appeared in the Bilingual Research Journal, Teachers College Record, Multicultural Education, Journal for Multicultural Education, The Journal of Writing Teacher Education and the CITE Journal. Her co-authored edited volume: “Social Justice and Parent Partnerships in Multicultural Education Contexts” offers an array of cutting-edge research-based best practices for parents, administrators and families. She is also one of four authors of two additional books “, The Challenges of Health Care Disparities” and “Isms in Health Care Human Resources: A Concise Guide to Workplace Discrimination.”
Dr. Collier is passionate about the recruitment and retention of teachers of color and using teaching as a tool for social justice. Her personal mantra “transform the world, one mind at a time”, guides her approach to teaching and leadership development in higher education.
Shartriya is the proud mommy of an energetic, brilliant , four year-old babygirl…Aya ( pronounced Iyah).