Service
Service is a a cornerstone of both my professional and personal endeavors. I believe that the things we do matter and I strive to ensure that the "mattering" I put into the universe is for the improvement of the world and lives around me. Most of my service commitments are imbued with a focus on equity, inclusion, and social justice.
Highlights of Professional Service
My professional service occurs on a variety of levels within and outside of my institution. Within Western Carolina University, I serve in a variety of service roles at all levels (department, college, and university).
My current university service includes:
- Chair, College of Education & Allied Professions Diversity Committee
- Senator, Faculty Senate
- Trainer and Designer, Safe Zone
- Member, LGBTQ Working Group
- Member, Preferred Name Committee
- Member, College of Education & Allied Professions Collegial Review Committee
My current / past professional organization service includes:
- Chair, Commission for Two-Year Colleges, ACPA College Student Educators International
- Associate Editor, Leisure Sciences
- Manuscript Reviewer, Innovative Higher Education
- Manuscript Reviewer – SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education
- National Advisory Board Member - The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
- Grant Reviewer (Paul P. Fidler Research Grant) – The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
My professional service occurs on a variety of levels within and outside of my institution. Within Western Carolina University, I serve in a variety of service roles at all levels (department, college, and university).
My current university service includes:
- Chair, College of Education & Allied Professions Diversity Committee
- Senator, Faculty Senate
- Trainer and Designer, Safe Zone
- Member, LGBTQ Working Group
- Member, Preferred Name Committee
- Member, College of Education & Allied Professions Collegial Review Committee
My current / past professional organization service includes:
- Chair, Commission for Two-Year Colleges, ACPA College Student Educators International
- Associate Editor, Leisure Sciences
- Manuscript Reviewer, Innovative Higher Education
- Manuscript Reviewer – SCHOLE: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education
- National Advisory Board Member - The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
- Grant Reviewer (Paul P. Fidler Research Grant) – The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
Highlights of Community Service
My current / past community service includes:
- Chair, Boybutant AIDS Foundation
- Co-Founder, Georgia Safe Schools Coalition
- Board Member, AIDS Athens (now Live Forward)
- Volunteer, Western North Carolina AIDS Foundation
My current / past community service includes:
- Chair, Boybutant AIDS Foundation
- Co-Founder, Georgia Safe Schools Coalition
- Board Member, AIDS Athens (now Live Forward)
- Volunteer, Western North Carolina AIDS Foundation