Sociology Faculty Search Committee Chair, Academic Year 2014-15.

Masters of Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Sciences Faculty Search Committee Member, Academic Year 2014-15.

Preparation of Recruitment Plan, Retention Plan, Departmental Five-Year Progress Report and Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education Report for Sociology Department, Academic Year 2014-15.

Departmental Recruitment Committee, Kentucky State University, Academic Years 2012-13 – Present.

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:

Recipient, Faculty Grant, Kentucky University Partnership for Environmental Education, Kentucky State University Center for Environmental Education, 2014.

Fellow, Alpha Kappa Delta Teaching and Learning Conference, North Central Sociological Association Regional Conference, 2013.

Recipient, Outstanding Teaching Award, Department of Sociology, University of Kentucky, 2010-2011.

Recipient, Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching in Arts & Sciences, University of Kentucky, 2009-2010.

Nominee, Distinguished Adjunct Teaching Award, Old Dominion University, 2003.

Recipient, Adjunct Faculty of the Year, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University, 2002-2003.

Project Innovation, Special Merit Award, "Teacher Perceptions of the Incidence and Management of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder," June, 2000.

Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society, 1999.

Dean's List, Old Dominion University, 1994-95.

Dean's List, University of Kentucky, 1993-94.

RELATED COMMUNITY SERVICE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT:

Fayette County Public Schools, Site-Based Decision Making Council Member, Beaumont Middle School, 2014-15 and 2015-16.

First Presbyterian Church, Youth Group Parent Volunteer, Richmond, Kentucky, 2005 – Present.

Model Laboratory School, MPO Co-Secretary (2007-08) and Parent Representative Academic Years 2006-2010.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools, PTA Volunteer-in-Education, 1997-2005.