Colleen is an associate professor of psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario Canada and has been a visiting professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She examines outcomes of government-school-community collaborations on quality education for children and families as well as cost-savings. Her research informs policies and practices in schools, governments, and NGOs in the U.S., Canada, Switzerland, Madagascar and Laos. In addition to scientific projects, she supervises master and doctoral students.