Shannon Collier-Tenison

Shannon Collier-Tenison is Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for Faculty Relations and Administration at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and is a tenured Professor of Social Work. She has served in a wide range of roles across academic affairs, from faculty to program coordinator to administrator. Shannon’s current role encompasses faculty support and development, academic personnel processes, position management and budgets, support for academic advising and student support initiatives within the colleges, and institutional reports. In support of faculty development, Shannon co-created and co-facilitates the Academic Leadership Academy, an initiative to cultivate and strengthen academic leadership on the UA Little Rock campus through cohort-based skill-building and support. She also facilitates the Faculty Mentoring Program for faculty new to the university. Shannon serves as the Provost Office liaison for a team of licensed social workers who provide support and resources to students in a variety of areas including emotional/mental health concerns, financial stress, academic challenges.  She has experience working with survivors of interpersonal violence and sexual assault as a crisis counselor, researcher, and an advocate. Her teaching interests and scholarly work focus on interpersonal violence, bystander intervention, economic assets, social welfare programs and policy, and student success.  In addition to ongoing service to the university, Dr. Collier-Tenison’s community work includes service on the Boards of Directors for Women and Children First DV Shelter and Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families.

Dr. Collier-Tenison earned her PhD in Social Work and a Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis. Her undergraduate degree is a B.A. in Psychology from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas.