Laura Collins

Laura Collins, Ph.D., JD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS), part of the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences. She specializes in rhetoric, legal studies, and gender studies, with a focus on legal discourse, transgender rights, and constitutional law. Contact: (719) 255-8135 or lcollin4@uccs.edu. Office: COLU 1041.

Her research explores intersections of rhetoric and law, including public policy, voter rights, and marginalized communities' legal advocacy. Recent work examines transgender anti-discrimination arguments under Title VII and the rhetorical dynamics of constitutional rights discourse.

Publications span constitutional law interpretations (e.g., Schuette v. BAMN), legal clinic pedagogy, and the Second Amendment's rhetorical framing. No awards explicitly listed, but her work contributes to critical legal studies and education.

Collins advises students in rhetoric and legal writing but no specific advisees are listed. No lab affiliations mentioned. Her teaching and research emphasize practical applications of rhetorical theory in legal and social contexts.