Jennifer Collins

Collins graduated ''[[cum laude]]'' with a [[B.A.]] in history from Yale University in 1987. She then enrolled at [[Harvard Law School]], graduating ''[[magna cum laude]]'' with a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] in 1991.{{Cite web |title=SMU Law Dean named President of Rhodes College |url=https://www.smu.edu/news/archives/2021/Featured-News/SMU-Law-dean-named-President-of-Rhodes-College |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=www.smu.edu |language=en}} At Harvard, she was a notes editor for the ''Harvard Law Review'', working under fellow student and law review president [[Barack Obama]].{{Cite web |title=The Quad - Fall 2014 Dedman Law Alumni Magazine |url=https://www.calameo.com/read/00041460074ecd6ece915 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=calameo.com |language=en}}

Collins graduated ''[[cum laude]]'' with a [[B.A.]] in history from Yale University in 1987. She then enrolled at [[Harvard Law School]], graduating ''[[magna cum laude]]'' with a [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] in 1991.{{Cite web |title=SMU Law Dean named President of Rhodes College |url=https://www.smu.edu/news/archives/2021/Featured-News/SMU-Law-dean-named-President-of-Rhodes-College |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=www.smu.edu |language=en}} At Harvard, she was a notes editor for the ''Harvard Law Review'', working under fellow student and law review president [[Barack Obama]].{{Cite web |title=The Quad - Fall 2014 Dedman Law Alumni Magazine |url=https://www.calameo.com/read/00041460074ecd6ece915 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=calameo.com |language=en}}

After graduating from Harvard, Collins clerked for the Honorable [[Dorothy Wright Nelson]] in the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]].{{Cite web |title=Jennifer M. Collins to lead SMU Dedman School of Law |url=https://www.smu.edu/news/archives/2013/jennifer-collins-named-lawdean-17dec2013 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=www.smu.edu |language=en}}

After graduating from Harvard, Collins clerked for the Honorable [[Dorothy Wright Nelson]] in the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit]].{{Cite web |title=Jennifer M. Collins to lead SMU Dedman School of Law |url=https://www.smu.edu/news/archives/2013/jennifer-collins-named-lawdean-17dec2013 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=www.smu.edu |language=en}}

== Legal career ==

== Legal career ==

===Rhodes College===

===Rhodes College===

Collins was named the 21st President of Rhodes College in December 2021 and formally began her tenure in July 2022.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Jennifer M. Collins Begins Tenure as Rhodes College's 21st President {{!}} Rhodes News |url=https://news.rhodes.edu/stories/dr-jennifer-m-collins-begins-tenure-rhodes-colleges-21st-president |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=news.rhodes.edu}} In office, she has emphasized Rhodes' relationship with the city of Memphis as a defining strength of the college's liberal arts identity, citing student access to internships at major institutions such as [[St. Jude Children's Research Hospital]] and the [[Memphis Zoo]].{{cite web |date=Winter 2022 |title=A New President for a New Era |url=https://news.rhodes.edu/magazine/winter-2022/new-president-new-era |website=Rhodes News}} She also oversaw the launch of the Institute for Race and Social Transformation, described as a hub for interdisciplinary research on racial injustice and social inequities in Memphis, and coordinated a community engagement task force in late 2022 to restructure and centralize the college's work with city partners.{{cite web |date=July 2023 |title=Rhodes College in Memphis to Launch the Institute for Race and Social Transformation |url=https://jbhe.com/2023/07/rhodes-college-in-memphis-to-launch-the-institute-for-race-and-social-transformation/ |website=Journal of Blacks in Higher Education}}{{cite web |title=The Lynne and Henry Turley Memphis Center for Community Engagement |url=https://news.rhodes.edu/magazine/winter-2024-2025/lynne-and-henry-turley-memphis-center-community-engagement |website=Rhodes News}}

Collins was named the 21st President of Rhodes College in December 2021 and formally began her tenure in July 2022.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Jennifer M. Collins Begins Tenure as Rhodes College's 21st President {{!}} Rhodes News |url=https://news.rhodes.edu/stories/dr-jennifer-m-collins-begins-tenure-rhodes-colleges-21st-president |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=news.rhodes.edu}} In office, she has emphasized Rhodes' relationship with the city of Memphis as a defining strength of the college's liberal arts identity, citing student access to internships at major institutions such as [[St. Jude Children's Research Hospital]] and the [[Memphis Zoo]].{{cite web |date=Winter 2022 |title=A New President for a New Era |url=https://news.rhodes.edu/magazine/winter-2022/new-president-new-era |website=Rhodes News}} She also oversaw the launch of the Institute for Race and Social Transformation, described as a hub for interdisciplinary research on racial injustice and social inequities in Memphis, and coordinated a community engagement task force in late 2022 to restructure and centralize the college's work with city partners.{{cite web |date=July 2023 |title=Rhodes College in Memphis to Launch the Institute for Race and Social Transformation |url=https://jbhe.com/2023/07/rhodes-college-in-memphis-to-launch-the-institute-for-race-and-social-transformation/ |website=Journal of Blacks in Higher Education}}{{cite web |title=The Lynne and Henry Turley Memphis Center for Community Engagement |url=https://news.rhodes.edu/magazine/winter-2024-2025/lynne-and-henry-turley-memphis-center-community-engagement |website=Rhodes News}}

== Scholarship ==

== Scholarship ==

Collins's legal scholarship examines the intersection of criminal law and family law, and in particular on how the criminal justice system addresses a defendant's family status. Her research has included scholarship on the prosecution of parents responsible for their children's deaths.{{cite web |title=Jennifer M. Collins Named 21st Rhodes College President |url=https://news.rhodes.edu/stories/jennifer-m-collins-named-21st-rhodes-college-president |website=Rhodes News}} Collins was a collaborator of slain [[Florida State University]] law professor [[Dan Markel]].{{cite book |last1=Markel |first1=Dan |title=Privilege or Punish? Criminal Justice and the Challenge of Family Ties |last2=Collins |first2=Jennifer M. |last3=Leib |first3=Ethan J. |date=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-538006-4}}

Collins's legal scholarship examines the intersection of criminal law and family law, and in particular on how the criminal justice system addresses a defendant's family status. Her research has included scholarship on the prosecution of parents responsible for their children's deaths.{{cite web |title=Jennifer M. Collins Named 21st Rhodes College President |url=https://news.rhodes.edu/stories/jennifer-m-collins-named-21st-rhodes-college-president |website=Rhodes News}} Collins was a collaborator of slain [[Florida State University]] law professor [[Dan Markel]].{{cite book |last1=Markel |first1=Dan |title=Privilege or Punish? Criminal Justice and the Challenge of Family Ties |last2=Collins |first2=Jennifer M. |last3=Leib |first3=Ethan J. |date=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-538006-4}}

== Personal life ==

== Personal life ==

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