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.
Co-Chair, SCP Awards Committee (2008-2010 & 2014-2016). Serving through appointment by SCP President John Westefeld, I co-chaired (with Dr. Sherry Benton) and later served as a member on this committee sharing responsibility in handling the nomination, election, and awarding processes for SCP national awards.
Reviewer, STP & SCP Program Committees (1998 - present). Standing Committees of Division 2 and 17. I periodically review and evaluate proposals to help determine the programming for Divisions 2 & 17 at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.
APA Site Visitor (Certified), APA Committee on Accreditation (1998 – present). I am a part of a cadre of academicians, approved by the American Psychological Association, that reviews and accredits doctoral level APA-accredited training programs across the country.
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
Member, Morrill Professor Selection Committee (Spring, 2021 - Spring 2023). Along with a select group of ISU Morrill Professors, we evaluate 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 assist 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 and the ISU Office of the Vice-President for Research, a team of interdisciplinary faculty created safety protocols and procedures for conducting human subjects research during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Faculty Senator (CLAS At Large; CLAS Caucus Chair); Iowa State University Faculty Senate (Fall, 2009 - Spring, 2012). I shared responsibility for legislating general academic and educational policy and served to facilitate communication among faculty, students, and administration. The ISU Senate also cooperates with the administration in conflict resolution and advises the administration on budgetary and other policy matters.
Select Departmental Service
Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee (Fall, 2025 - Present). I lead the committee that oversees the promotion and tenure bids of all department faculty. We perform annual formative reviews of junior faculty who are in tenure-track lines, advise candidates in preparing 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. (AY 2019-2020 - Substitute member).
Chair, Department of Psychology Human Research Ethics 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.
Member, Faculty Enhancement Committee (Member, 2016 & 2025; Chair, 2017-2019; Co-Chair, 2020/2022). I served as Chair, and am currently 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, Executive Committee (AY 2022 - 2023). I was part of a committee that serves in an advising capacity to the department chairperson.
Member, Research Enhancement Committee (AY 2019 - 2020). I served as a member on the departmental committee that oversaw disbursement of internal research funds to assist doctoral students in the department with their research efforts.