“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.” -Dr. Cornel West

Service is an extension of care and accountability. While my classrooms remain a core site of transformation, I also work across departments and committees to advance equity, advocate for structural change, and support more humane practices in higher education.   

Selected Service Roles

• Appointed Member, Writing Studies Curriculum and Assessment Committee
  • University of California, Merced
• Vice Chair, First-Year Writing Curriculum Committee
  • University of California, Merced 
• Appointed Member, Writing Assessment Working Group
  • University of California, Merced 
• Appointed Member, Working Group on Student Evaluations of Teaching
  • University of California, Merced
• Steering Committee, Advancing Multidisciplinary Scholarship for Excellence in Education 
  • University of California, San Diego
• Co-Chair, Thurgood Marshall College Values Statement Working Group
  • University of California, San Diego
• Faculty Voting Member, Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Women
  • University of California, San Diego
• Conference Coordinator, Learning/Teaching for Justice Conference
  • University of California, San Diego
• Faculty Advisor for Instructional Assistants
  • University of California, San Diego
• Committee Member, Dimensions of Culture Program Advisory Committee
  • University of California, San Diego
• Assessment Coordinator, Composition Program
  • University of Delaware 
• Editorial Board, Arak Journal: An Anthology of Student Writing
  • University of Delaware 

Additional Professional Service

• Manuscript Reviewer
  • Utah State University Press 
• Manuscript Reviewer
  • Rhetoric of Health & Medicine
• Feminist Workshop Co-Chair
  • Conference on College Composition and Communication
• Conference Coordinator
  • Council of Writing Program Administrators
• Managing Editor
  • SRPR (Spoon River Poetry Review)