Select State and National Service
Member/Chair STP Robert S. Daniel Teaching Award Selection Committee (2022-2025). Worked with past recipients of The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (Division 2 of the American Psychological Association) RSD Teaching Award to select future winners of this award. This award recognizes teaching excellence at 4-year colleges or universities, based on effective teaching; mentoring student professional development; advancing teaching and learning through scholarship; advancing teaching and learning through service; and training high school, community college, or college/university teachers.
EDITORIAL SERVICE
Ad hoc Reviewer, Teaching of Psychology and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology (on-going)
Associate Editor, Journal of Latina/o Psychology, Dr. Azara Santiago-Rivera, Editor-in-Chief (American Psychological Association) Term: January, 2011 - December, 2013
North American Editor, Counselling Psychology Quarterly, Dr. Waseem Alladin, Editor-in-Chief (Taylor & Francis) Term: April, 2010 - August, 2013
Associate Editor for Research, Journal of Mental Health Counseling, Dr. James R. Rogers, Editor (AMHCA Journal) Term: July, 2005 - June, 2008
Consulting Editor, Teaching of Psychology, Dr. Randolph A. Smith, Editor (APA Division 2 Journal) Term: January, 2005 - December, 2007 (previous term as CE January, 2002 - December, 2004)
Editorial Board, The Counseling Psychologist, Dr. Robert T. Carter, Editor (APA Division 17 Journal) Term: January, 2001 - December, 2003
Select University & College Service
Department Representative, LAS Open Door Initiative Program (Fall 2025 – present). I, along with representatives from all LAS departments, were individually charged with creating department-specific procedures and processes by which department faculty could consult on issues surrounding academic freedom, scholarly discourse, and topic germaneness in their psychology classrooms. I developed department-specific procedures and processes and presented these to the dept. faculty. I also compiled a large set of reference resources to aid faculty in decision-making in the areas of academic freedom, scholarly discourse, and topic germaneness. Finally, I serve as the current point-person for AY 26-27 to handle all such needed consultations within our department.
Member, Morrill Professor Selection Committee (Spring, 2021 - Spring 2023). Along with a group of ISU Morrill Professors, we evaluated nominations from ISU faculty to be granted the rank of Morrill Professor.
Member, Iowa State University Institutional Review Board (Fall, 2021 - Summer, 2022). Along with other members of the ISU IRB, I assisted in evaluating research protocols for compliance with prevailing Federal laws and institutional policies.
Member, ISU University Workgroup on COVID-19 Research Procedures (Fall, 2020 - Summer, 2021). Under the leadership of Dr. Kerry Agnitsch (IRB Co-Chair) and the ISU Office of the Vice-President for Research, I was a part of a team of interdisciplinary faculty who created safety protocols and procedures for conducting human subjects research during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Select Departmental Service
Chair, Department of Psychology Human Research Review Committee (2018 - Present). I serve as the lead person for the group of department faculty that initially vet all human research IRB protocols going out of the department before they are forwarded to the ISU IRB for formal review.
Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee (Fall, 2025 - Spring 2026; Committee member until Spring 2029). During AY 25-26, I led the committee that oversees the promotion and tenure bids of all department faculty. We performed annual formative reviews of junior faculty who are in tenure-track lines, advise candidates on policy during their preparation of their dossiers for promotion and tenure, present dossier evidence to the eligible voting faculty in the department for promotion and tenure decisions, and handle policy changes to our departmental governance documents surrounding promotion and tenure.
Member, Faculty Enhancement Committee (Member, 2016 & 2025; Chair, 2017-2019; Co-Chair, 2020/2022). I served both as Chair and a member of the committee that oversees the nomination of department faculty for departmental, college, university, and (inter)national awards and recognitions.
Director of Training, APA-accredited doctoral program in Counseling Psychology (Fall, 2022 - Summer, 2024). I led the core counseling psychology faculty in administrating the educational and clinical training elements of our APA accredited doctoral program, liaised with the American Psychological Association and other professional organizations, and oversaw doctoral student professional development.
Member, Graduate Program Committee (Fall 2022 – Spring 2024): As Training Director of the Counseling Psychology Program, I attended meetings of the GPC to assist and advise the DOGE on emergent issues and policies surrounding graduate training in the department.
Member, Executive Committee (Fall 2022 – Spring 2024). As Training Director of the Counseling Psychology Program, I was part of a committee that serves in an advising capacity to the department chairperson.