For more than two decades, I have engaged in professional service that supports the advancement of higher education research, leadership and institutional effectiveness. My involvement spans national organizations, university-wide initiatives, and college- and department-level committees – reflecting a commitment to collaboration, shared governance, and student and faculty success. The roles listed below highlight the scope and focus of that service.

Professional Involvement (2018 to Present)

Council for the Study of Community Colleges
Program Reviewer (2008-2012; 2018-present)

Association for the Study of Higher Education
Program Reviewer, Session Chair, Discussant (2000-2022)
Site Selection Committee Chair (2015-2018)

American Educational Research Association
Division J Program Reviewer, Session Chair, Discussant (1999-2020)

Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship
Organizational Development Committee (2020-2021)
University Involvement (2018 to Present)
North Carolina State University
- Nominating Committee, Jordan Distinguished Professorship, College of Natural Resources (2024)
- University Honorary Degree Committee (2022-2026)
- Nominating Committee, Karla A. Henderson Distinguished Professorship, College of Natural Resources (2022)
- University Strategic Planning Committee Task Force Envisaging the Next Generation Land-Grant University, Co-Chair (2020)
- Community Engaged Faculty Fellow (2011-2022)
- Project Director (with Drs. Stephany Dunstan & Walt Wolfram & Danica Cullinan), “Educating the Educated: A University-Wide Language Diversity Initiative” (2012-2019)
- Executive Director, National Initiative for Institutional and Leadership Effectiveness (2009-2020)
- Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching Selection Committee (2017-2018)
NC State College of Education
- Dean’s Leadership Team (2022-present)
- Council of Education Program Coordinators (2023-2024)
- Nomination Committee for Distinguished Professors (2023-2024)
- Teaching and Learning Science Mentoring Committees (2015-2024)
- Nomination Committee, Dean (2021-2022)
- Nomination Committee for Distinguished Professors, Chair (2021)
- Recruitment and Retention Work Group (2020-2022)
- Goodnight Distinguished Professor Nominating Committee, Chair (2019-2020, 2020-2021)
- Dallas Herring Lecture Coordinator (2015-2021)
- Goodnight Distinguished Professor Nominating Committee (2018-2019)
- Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee (2019-2020)
- University Faculty Scholar Selection Committee (2017-2018)
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy and Human Development
- Associate Professor of Community College Leadership Search Committee, Chair (2024-2025)
- Assistant Professor of Community College Leadership Search Committee, Chair (2024)
- Assistant Professor of Practice Community College Leadership Search Committee, Chair (2024)
- Program Coordinators Committee (2023-2024)
- Program Coordinator, Community College Leadership (2023-2024)
- Post Tenure Review Committee (2019-present)
