She completed her MS and PhD in Gerontology from the University of Massachusetts Boston and a post-doctoral research fellowship in Gerontology and Epidemiology at Duke University Medical Center. She spent 13 years in the Department of Community Medicine and the Center on Aging at West Virginia University's School of Medicine as faculty until coming to Oregon State University's College of Public Health and Human Sciences in 2011. Dr. Goins's expertise is American Indians aging issues with over a decade conducting collaborative research with rural and American Indian communities. Dr. Goins will be teaching courses for public health and human development and family sciences students including public health and aging and community-based participatory research.