About James Collins
I grew up in Western Pennsylvania and earned my bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. Over the years I have worked as a staff writer for both national and local newspapers; freelanced for such publications as In Pittsburgh, the New Pittsburgh Courier, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and QBR: The Black Book Review; co-published a blog; and in 2020 published a novel, In Search of the Funk. As staff writer at a monthly national tabloid in the late Eighties and early Nineties, I had to proofread every word of every issue before going to press; during that time and since, I have missed very few typos. I am equally comfortable with APA and Chicago style formats. My peer-reviewed research appeared in the Journal of African American History in 2003. That article and other writing by me is posted on ResearchGate.net. As a mental health clinician, I was the lead writer and editor of a curriculum on family engagement. Other projects that I’ve edited include:
- Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008) by Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black.
- Engaging and Working with Families: A Guide for Residential Treatment Facilities (Pressley Ridge, n.d.) by Robert W. Sheen.
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