Amy Collins (she/her) has been the Illuminate Coordinator, PSU's Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Program since 2015. She is also an adjunct professor who is humbled and honored to be instructing the next generation of thought-leaders and change-makers. Amy has her Master in the Art of Teaching (MAT) and is a doctoral student (Ed.D.) specializing in organizational change. Amy has over 20 years of experience in social justice, health promotion, and violence prevention, utilizing a restorative and transformative justice framework.
Amy understands that addressing the social determinants which lead to inequality and inequities in how and who experiences violence is central to ending all types of violence. Making visible the intersections of ongoing system neglect, racism, sexism, homophobia, and poverty (to name a few) contributes to the overwhelming realities of physical and sexual violence. Collective liberation is the only path forward.
Amy is a mother, a cyclist, a baking and cooking enthusiast, and an unapologetic bookworm, often found at baseball games hoping for the wave to pass through her section.