Senior Leaders’ Forum, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China, September 2024-present. Represent the School of Education and English on the Provost’s leadership team.
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Management Board, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China, September 2024-present. Represent the School of Education and English on the Dean’s leadership team.
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Professoriate Team, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China, September 2024-present. Member of the Dean’s team made up of FHSS full professors, addressing issues and discussing needs within the faculty as determined by the Dean.
School of Education and English Leadership Team, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China, September 2024-present. Chair of this leadership team comprised of the school’s program leaders/coordinators which meets as necessary to address curricular, teaching, and research/knowledge exchange issues within the school.
Hiring Committee, School of Education and English, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China, October 2024-present. Chair of the search committee responsible for establishing staff recruiting needs, creating and posting job ads, chairing candidate teaching and research presentation sessions, and participating in the interview sessions chaired by the Faculty Dean.
Hiring Committee, MA TESOL Program, Wenzhou-Kean University, January 2021 to August 2024. Reviewed faculty candidate applications and participated in candidate interviews, teaching demonstrations, and research presentations.
MA Thesis Committee, MA TESOL Program, Wenzhou-Kean University, November 2021 to August 2024. Served as outside reader and reviewer of MA TESOL graduate candidate theses.
Admissions and Student Recruitment, Wenzhou-Kean University, October 2021 to August 2024. Delivered promotional presentations about the School of English Studies at student recruitment open house events and offered demonstration classes at admissions events on Chinese high school campuses.
Hiring Committee, School of English Studies, Wenzhou-Kean University, January 2021 to August 2024. A standing committee that coordinates all hiring processes for the School of English Studies.
Degree Conferral Committee, Wenzhou-Kean University, January 2021- August 2024. Reviewed English major graduation applications and represented the School of English Studies during degree conferral sessions of the committee.
Council of Deans, Wenzhou-Kean University, January 2021-August 2024. Represented the School of English Studies on the leadership team of the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs.
Curriculum and Instruction Committee, Grove City College, August 2018-2020. A standing committee of department chairs, program directors, and college administrators responsible for reviewing, advising, and approving curricular development and instructional support proposals.
Global Studies Committee, Grove City College, August 2017-2020. A standing committee of the college tasked with working alongside the Office of International Education to coordinate, manage, develop, and encourage global educational opportunities for students and faculty. Actively served on the policy and procedures subcommittee.
Middle States Accreditation Committee, Grove City College, August 2016-2017. Actively served on the student learning outcomes subcommittee, collecting assessment data and writing content for the final Middle States review report.
Instructional Technology Committee, Grove City College, August 2015 -2020. A standing committee of the college that regularly reviews best practices for integrating technology into the classroom and makes specific recommendations to the college. The committee also provides leadership and guidance on the development of online courses and programs, and it surveys student and faculty needs to make suggestions to the Instructional Technology department for improving faculty development and student support.
Student Research Committee, Grove City College, August 2015 to 2017. A standing committee of the college that makes specific recommendations to faculty members, departments, and programs on how to foster student research and faculty-student research collaboration.
Library Services Collaborative Classroom Committee, New York Institute of Technology, January-April 2013. The administration put out a call for proposals for designing a cutting-edge collaborative classroom, and I was invited to join the library staff and a select group of other professors from Education to write a proposal for a new information technology classroom space.
Academic Quality Assurance Committee, New York Institute of Technology, September 2012-2014. A special ad hoc committee reporting to the Academic Senate, jointly chaired by the Provost and the Dean of NYCOM (NYiT’s medical college). This committee reviewed program policies and issued recommendations to improve quality of instruction and learning at the institution.
New English Program Development Committee, New York Institute of Technology, September 2011-2013. A special committee of the English Department tasked with redesigning the English major in ways that linked traditional literary studies with technical and professional communications and emerging media studies.
Global and Partially Virtual Subcommittee of the 2030 Steering Committee, New York Institute of Technology, March-April 2010. A subcommittee of the 2030 Steering Committee tasked with developing a comprehensive matrix for measuring and assessing NYiT’s global presence. The subcommittee developed four matrices: global footprint, global curriculum, global research, and global service.
NYiT Discovery Core Committee, New York Institute of Technology, September 2006-2011. An interdisciplinary committee charged with redesigning the university’s core curriculum.
OLC Committee, New York Institute of Technology, September 2005-2014. An institutional committee charged with reviewing and maintaining NYiT’s online educational programs.
ISRC/CTLT Grants Committee, New York Institute of Technology, September 2005-2012. A standing committee that reviews and approves internal Institutional Research and Center for Teaching and Learning with Technology research grants.
ASC 2030 Committee, New York Institute of Technology, July 2005-August 2006. A committee charged with contributing specific information and recommendations to upper administration in service of the larger 2030 Strategic Plan Campaign to improve NYiT at all levels.
Library Program Review Committee, New York Institute of Technology, September 2001-2003. An interdisciplinary committee designed to help the college library conduct and write an intensive self-study report.
Educational Technology Committee, New York Institute of Technology, September 1998-2010. A standing Academic Senate committee charged with proposing, reviewing, and overseeing the integration of various electronic, communication, and computer technologies into the classroom.
Academic Senate, New York Institute of Technology, September 1998-2000. As a senator I represented the academic and administrative interests of the English Department and the School of Arts, Sciences, and Communications.
English Department Program Review Committee, New York Institute of Technology, May 1998-2000. An interdisciplinary committee designed to help the English department conduct and write an intensive self-study report.
Writing Curriculum Committee, Chair, New York Institute of Technology, September 1997-2014. An English Department committee that addressed curricular and administrative needs in writing courses.
Technical Writing Curriculum Committee, New York Institute of Technology, May 2000-2002. An English Department committee tasked with revising the Technical Writing Certificate Program curriculum.
Distance Learning Committee, New York Institute of Technology, February 1997-June 1998. An ad hoc Academic Senate committee designed to analyze the technical, pedagogical, and economic issues related to maintaining and upgrading the fiber optics distance learning program.
Internet Committee, New York Institute of Technology, January 1997-2000. A cross-disciplinary committee comprised of administrators, faculty, and computing staff charged with upgrading NYiT Internet access and developing specific Internet use and publication policies.
Computers Committee, Department of English, New York Institute of Technology, September 1996-2000. Worked with other English faculty to upgrade the writing labs, develop creative uses of computer and communications technology in the classroom, and train teachers of writing in the various uses of computers in the writing and literature classroom.
MLA Interviewing Committee, Department of English, New York Institute of Technology, December 1996. Interviewed candidates for a full-time English faculty position at the 1996 MLA conference in Washington, DC.
Academic Enrichment Fund Committee, Department of English, Ohio State University, February-March 1995. Collaborated with a committee of graduate students and faculty members to write a grant proposal requesting funds to enhance teaching and research in English studies with multimedia and Internet technology.
Computers Committee, Department of English, Ohio State University, September 1994-June 1995. Represented English graduate students, teaching associates, and the Computers in Composition and Literature program in the development and maintenance of computer technology and computer-aided instruction.
American Literature Hypertext Course Materials Committee, Computers in Composition and Literature, Department of English, Ohio State University, January 1994-September 1995. Organized and led a collaborative group of American literature teachers in developing hypertext and other computer-based instructional materials for various survey courses.
Arts and Sciences Curriculum Review Committee, The College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio State University, September 1989-June 1990. Represented Humanities students in the process of restructuring the core curriculum for the College of Arts and Sciences.
