Service

Professional

• Editorial Board Member for Communication Quarterly. 2019-present.

• Editorial Board Member for Death Studies. 2019-present.

• School of Communication and Journalism Advisory Board Member for the School of Communication and Journalism at South Dakota State University. 2018-present.

• Editorial Advisory Board Member for Discourse: The Journal for the Speech Communication Association of South Dakota (SCASD), 2015-present.

• Associate Editorial Board Member for Communication Studies, 2013-2015 term.

Invited Reviewer

• Computers in Human Behavior, 2018-present

• Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 2010-present

• Omega: Journal of Death & Dying, 2013-present

• Death Studies, 2011-present

• Health Communication, 2018

• Journal of Communication Inquiry, 2018

• Western Journal of Communication, 2018

• Communication Quarterly, 2013, 2018

• Progress in Palliative Care, 2017

• International Journal of Cultural Studies, 2017

• Journal of Communication, 2016-2017

• Family & Consumer Sciences Research, 2016-2017

• International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 2016-2017

• Qualitative Research, 2015-2017

• Communication Research Reports, 2013-2017

• AlterNative, 2015

• New Media & Society, 2012

• Communication Yearbook, 2012

• Mass Communication and Society, 2012

• ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2010-2011

National Communication Association Division Reviewer

• Human Communication and Technology Division, 2009-present

• G.I.F.T.S. Division, 2008-2018

• Celebrating COMMunity Intersections [Special Program Series], 2012

• Interpersonal Communication Division, 2010

• Short Courses Division, 2009

• Student Section, 2007-2009

• Instructional Development Division, 2007-2008

University

• Academic Planning Task Force Co-Chair, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. April 2020-present.

• President, Faculty Senate, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. August 2019-August 2020.

• University Diversity Council Member, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. August 2019-Present.

• University Quality Council (UQC) Member, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. September 2019-Present.

• President-elect, Faculty Senate, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. August 2018-August 2019.

• Faculty Senate Executive Committee Member, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. August 2018-August 2021.

• Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs/Dean of Students Search Committee Member. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. February 2019-June 2019.

• School of Pharmacy Dean Search Committee Member. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. October 2018-March 2019.

• First Semester Transition Committee. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. June 2018-April 2019.

• Graduate Council Member, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. August 2017-August 2018.

• Faculty Senator, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. August 2017-August 2018.

• Education and Research Policies Committee Member, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. August 2017-August 2018.

• Classroom Response System/"Clicker" Evaluation Member. Instructional Technology. July 2016-July 2017.

• Gender Equity Committee for Athletics Member. Athletics Department. January 2014-Present.

• Intercollegiate College Athletics Committee (ICAC). Alternate Member. December 2015-Present.

• ITS Instructional Design & Learning Technologies Selection Committee Member. 2015.

• eLearning – Faculty and Student Development Subcommittee Member. Instructional Technology. October 2013-February 2014.

• Social Media Policy Task Force Member. Faculty Senate. 2013.

• Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) Committee to Improve Student Success Through Staff Engagement Committee Member. Office of Human Resources. January 2010-2012.

• Faculty mentor for men’s basketball player, Faculty Mentoring Student Athletes Program, Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion. Fall 2009-Spring 2010.

College (College of Arts and Sciences)

• Technology Advisory Committee Member. College of Arts & Sciences. Spring 2010-present.

Department

• Search Committee Member for Assistant Professor. Department of Applied Communication Studies. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. February 2020-April 2020.

• Director of Technology. Department of Applied Communication Studies. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. July 2018-present.

• Assistant Chair. Department of Applied Communication Studies. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. April 2016-present.

• Sabbatical Committee, Member. Department of Applied Communication Studies. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. July 2018-present.

• Department of Applied Communication Studies/Speech Communication Graduate Program Committee, Member. Department of Speech Communication. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. August 2012-August 2019.

• Language Arts/Speech Liaison. Department of Speech Communication. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. September 2013-April 2015.

• Director of the Basic Course. Department of Applied Communication Studies. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. July 2014-July 2018.

• TA Director. Department of Applied Communication Studies. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. July 2014-July 2018.

• Graduate Program Director. Department of Speech Communication. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. July 2010-July 2014.

• COMMraderie student group faculty advisor and fiscal officer. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. 2010-2014.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant Selection Committee, Member. Department of Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. 2010-2011.

• Recording Secretary. Department of Speech Communication. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. August 2010-July 2011.

• Merit Review Committee, Member. Department of Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. 2010.

• Technology co-director for the Department of Speech Communication, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Fall 2009-Spring 2009.