Professional Organizations

Texas Faculty Association State President 2020-2026

Member of Texas Faculty Association 2002-2026.  Currently Lamar Chapter President.  Spoke at 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 state and national meetings.

AAUP National Vice President At Large Chapter 2023-2025

AAUP Lamar Chapter President 2024-2026

Member of American Association of University Professors 2019-2023.  Currently Lamar Chapter President.  Spoke at 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, 2024, and 2025 state and national meetings.

Member of the Governing Board of TSTA 2020-2026

Member of the Governing Board of TACT 2023-2025

Represented TFA at 2023 and 2025 Legislative Session in Texas

Recent Professional Activities

Mentor students in Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities

Judge for PULSE short fiction category

Judge UIL Competition

Serve on Faculty Senate

Served on Distinguished Faculty Lecturer Committee

Served on Equity Committee as special appointee by the university president

Chair(ed) the Dean’s Arts and Sciences Advisory Counsel for eleven years. Served on A&S Council for 13 years.

Chaired the Longman Committee for eight years

Served on Study Abroad Advisory Committee

Served on various department committees

Bring community leaders/professionals to meet with students

Sponsored Alpha Lambda Delta-Phi Eta Sigma for three years

Served on Joe J. Fisher Lecture Committee for the past three years

Served on Ad Hoc Strategic Issues Task Force

Served as judge for The Office of Undergraduate Research 5th Annual Humanties, Arts, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Education and Business Conference 2018

Served on Committee for Academic Issues in Faculty Senate

Chaired Investigative Committee in Faculty Senate 2019-2021

Serve on Faculty Handbook Committee

Chaired Student Retention Committee in Senate

Keynote Speaker for Convocation of Parents for Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities

Served on TALH Workgroup Committee for Recruiting and Retaining Students

Served as Proctor for student attending BYU online program

Chaired Senate Student Success Committee 2021/2022 

Served on Senate Executive Committee 2021/2022

Chaired Senate Ad Hoc Covid Committee 2021

Member Ad Hoc Instructor Ranking Committee 2021/2022

Vice Chaired Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Human Resources Spring 2023

 Secretary of Lamar Senate 2024-2025

Vice President of Lamar Senate February 2025-August 2025

Member of Texas Council of Faculty Senates 2023-2026

Organizational Membership

The French Circle 1998-2007

Sigma Tau Delta 1998-2007

Jefferson Theater Preservation Society 2006-2026

Habitat for Humanity 2009-2010

ACTS 2010-2026

Some Other Place 2013-14

CCCC 2016

Phi Kappa Phi 1997-2023

Higher Education Labor United Delegate 2022-2026