Craig Follins
Dr. Craig (CT) Thomas Follins' formal training is in Educational Administration (Community College Leadership) where he has served in various roles over his 35+ year career. A U.S Army veteran, Dr. Follins worked in city (Superintendent), state, county and federal government (Supervisor, Manager) across the country prior to his career in education. He has served as faculty, director, vice president, executive vice president and as president of two colleges. He has taught online, hybrid and F2F classes at public and for-profit institutions. At Walden University since 2010, he serves as senior contributing faculty teaching various Master's and Doctoral courses. Dr. Follins has served on numerous doctoral student dissertation committees. Dr. Follins was moderator/emcee for seven years on Walden's popular Monthly Intellectual Sessions.
Dr. Follins' current research interests focus primarily on leadership and organizational strategy, as well as strategic planning, workforce and economic development. He has presented at numerous conferences including the League for Innovation in the Community College and The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD). Dr. Follins has published numerous articles, wrote a regular newspaper column focused on workforce development, as well as publishing 3 books. In 2007, he received an award from The Victoria College (Texas) for his Service to Higher Education and Economic Development. In 2011, he received the Faculty Leadership Award from the University of Phoenix, College of Social Sciences, Houston Campus. In 2012, he received the Distinguished Graduate Award in recognition of his national contributions to American Community Colleges from the University of Texas at Austin, College of Education. In 2014 and 2015, he received the local Chapter Award from The National Society of Leadership and Success. Dr. Follins is a member of the Leadership Cleveland Class of 2010. He is also a member of the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Leadership Lab Class of 2015.
Dr. Follins' social change/community service activities include service as a volunteer at both the Houston, Texas and Las Vegas, Nevada Veterans Affairs Hospitals, Volunteer, Military Veteran Peer Network-Conroe, Texas, Volunteer, University of Texas @ Austin Annual (Houston)Texas Exes Scholarship Committee, Volunteer Mentor for the University of Houston Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship at the Bauer Business School and Volunteer/Member Montgomery County, Texas NAACP6304.
Courses Taught
EDUC 8118 - Innovation and Change in Education
EDAD 7002 - Foundations
EDAD 7200/8140 - Leadership for Today's Schools
EDAD 7900 - Leadership Capstone
EDAD 7900-1 - Capstone
EDAD 8145 - Research in Practice
EDAD 8144 - Leadership Trends
EDAD 8143 - Leading Learning Committees
EDUC 6261 - Managing Resources-Finances
EDUC 7311 - Education Orgs and Context
EDUC 8112 - Social Change in Education
EDUC 8114 - Learning and Instruction
EDUC 8115 - Assessment and Accountability
EDUC 8116 - Leadership in a Global Society
EDSD 7051 - Research in Practice
EDSD 7101 - Data Driven Instruction and Assessment
EDUC 8081 - Completing the Prospectus
EDUC 8090 - Doctoral Study Intensive
EDDD 8052 - Curriculum Design and Social Change
EDUC 6263 - Best Practices for Student Success
EDUC 6960 - Capstone Masters Project
EDDD 8106 - Program Evaluation and Continuous Improvement
EDDD 8050 - A Systems Perspective
EDUC 6176 - Facilitating Collaboration and Group
EDUC 6275 - Improving Adult Learning
EDUC 6759 - Assessing for Learning
EDPD 8054 - Curr, Instruc& Assessment
EDDD 8102 - Promote Success Diverse Learners
EDPD 8055 - Research Design & Strategic Planning
EDPD 8052 - Eval Curriculum Promote Social Change
EDUC 6274 - Dev Effective Teaching Practices
EDUC 6755 - Principles of Marketing and Enrollment Mgmt.
EDUC 6752 - Leading Change in Student Support
EDUC 6751 - Creating Support For Learning Environment
EDDD 8051 - Data Driven Instruction and Assessment
EDUC 6177 - Using Technology to Enhance Adult Learning
EDSD 7050 - A Systems Perspective
EDUC 6264 - Program Planning and Assessment
EDUC 6760 - Facilitating Learning Online
Education
PhD, University of Texas
MA, Texas Southern University
BA, Brooklyn College (CUNY)
Certificate Executive Management/Leadership Series Training , City of Houston
Post-master's Certificate, Harris County Texas
Post-master's Certificate, Future President's Institute University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Post-master's Certificate, Staub Wholehearted Leadership Training
Post-master's Certificate, Leadership Cleveland
Post-master's Certificate, Leadership North San Antonio
Postbaccalaureate Certificate, Network Consortium
Public Service
Greater San Antonio Food Bank, Board of Directors - San Antonio
University of Houston Business School, Volunteer - Houston
University of Texas @ Austin Texas Exes, Volunteer - Houston
Veterans Affairs Houston/Las Vegas, Volunteer - Houston
Awards / Honors
Distinguished Graduate Award, The University of Texas College of Education, 2012
Publications
Follins, C. T. (2015). Book.
Follins, C. T. (2019). The He Goes: When Frankie Crocker "Owned" New York Radio. N/A
Follins, C. T. (2022). The Learner's Creed.
Presentations
Follins, C. T. (2015). From GED to PHD. NISOD.org