Biography:

Psychologist. Born– Guntersville. Parents–  Willard and Eunice (Hunt) Collins. Married– Carolyn Strom, 1966. Children– Two. Education– Guntersville High School, 1963;  Samford University, B.A.; Stanford University, M.A, Ph.D., 1971.  Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Child Development and Psychology at the University of Minnesota, 1971- ; director of the Institute of Child Development at the University. Principal investigator of the Minnesota Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.  Published many articles in professional journals. Editor, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development.  Fellow, American Psychological Association and American Psychological Society; member,  Society for Research on Adolescent Development; president, 2000-2002.  Received the Distinguished Research Award from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, 2009; and several other professional awards and grants.

Source:

Files at Alabama Public Library Service; W. Andrew Collins website.

Publication(s):

Developmental Aspects of Understanding and Evaluating Television Content. Washington, D.C.; Educational Resources Information Center, 1973?

Joint_Publication(s):

Adolescent Psychology; a Developmental View. Reading, Mass.; Addison-Wesley, 1984.

Relationship Pathways: From Adolescence to Young Adulthood. Sage, 2012.

Editor;

Relationships as Developmental Contexts.  University of Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology, 1996.