Peer Reviewer of 6 of 12 Papers submitted for the Rod Ziemer Outstanding Ph.D. Paper Award and 3 of 12 Papers submitted for the Rod Ziemer Outstanding MS Paper Award in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, March 2012.

Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Research in Economics and International Finance, March 2012.

Chair of Selected Poster Committee for the Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, February 2012.

Chair of Socioeconomic Track Session at the 1st International Conference on Business Applications and Management Issues (ICBAMI), Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), B.C. Roy Engineering College (BCREC), Durgapur, West Bengal, India, January 2012.

Chair of Technical Session on Marketing at the 1st International Conference on Business and Information Management (ICBIM), National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur, West Bengal, India, January 2012.

Chair of Economics of Energy and Water Management Session at the 2nd International Conference on Business and Economics, New Delhi, India, December 2011.

Peer Reviewer for the African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, August 2011.

Peer Reviewer for Agribusiness: An International Journal, August 2011.

Peer Reviewer for the African Journal of Agricultural Research, Spring/Summer 2011 (3 manuscripts).

Peer Reviewer for USDA-Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase II, Spring 2011.

Moderator/Discussant of Selected Papers presented at the Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 2010.

Peer Reviewer of 19 Selected Paper Abstracts/Proposals for the SAEA Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, February 2010.

Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Fall 2009.

Peer Reviewer for the International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Fall 2009.

Moderator of Selected Papers presented in the Farm Management session at the SAEA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, February 2009.

Peer Reviewer for the Agronomy Journal, 2008.

Peer Reviewer of nine (9) Selected Paper Abstracts/Proposals for SAEA Annual Meeting, Mobile, AL, February 2007.

Participated in 2020 Kentucky Economic Association (KEA) Annual Conference via Zoom: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94976617501, October 23, 2020.

Member, Advisory Board of the non-profit community organization “Franklin Center for Innovation” – a makerspace / office-sharing / busines incubator, Fall 2019 – present (opened in Summer 2020).

Completed Udemy Course (online) “Communication Skills: Personality and Behaviour in Business” by Robin Hills, April 25, 2020.

Completed Udemy Course (online) "Build Authentic Relationships using Emotional Intelligence" by Robin Hills, April 22, 2020.

Vice-Chair of the Kentucky State University (KSU) Faculty Senate's Curriculum Committee, 2019-20.

Performed (original music) at the World Music Showcase in KSU Bradford Hall Little Theater, sponsored by Frankfort Arts Foundation and KSU Department of Performing Arts, September 29, 2019.

Participated in the Shaping our Appalachian Region (SOAR) Annual Summit in Pikeville, KY (an opportunity to network and promote KSU's academic, research, and outreach activities), August 30-31, 2018, and September 6-7, 2019.

Initiated, Mediated, and Facilitated the formation of an academic (student-and-faculty) exchange program between Kentucky State University (KSU) and South-Central University for Nationalities (SCUN) located in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. Visiting Student Agreement signed by the two presidents on June 21, 2019.

Contributing Author of In the Key online magazine (http://inthekeymag.online/), June 2019 – present.