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  • Enrollment Management Steering Committee, 1997—2000 (appointed by the President)
  • APSCUF Professional Development Committee – 1997 – 2001 (appointed by the Union President)
  • Faculty Professional Development Committee, 1991-1997 Reviews and recommends grants written by faculty for professional development projects to be funded by the state system's funds (appointed by the Provost)
  • Senate Policies Review Committee, chair 1993-4 Led committee of four which undertook the first evaluation of the Senate's charter and made recommendations for its revision; created the Admissions, Advisement and Student Affairs Committee as a result (approved in May 1995) (appointed by Chairman of the Faculty Senate)
  • Departmental Committees (elected) at Millersville University:
  • Evaluation, Chair 1994-5; 1995-6; 1999-2000 Reviews applications for promotion and tenure and makes recommendation to the Dean
  • Search Committees, 1989, 1991 (chair)-1993: 1999
  • Composition, Curriculum, Library and Graduate (since 1989) Performs assorted leadership and curricular functions for the department
  • Outside Evaluator, Department of Communications and Theater, incl. Chairperson's tenure, 1995-6 Co-chair, 1996-7 Academic Theme
  • Library Liaison 2002 – 2010

VARIA

  • Chair, East-Central American Society for 18th century studies annual meeting, Baltimore, 2012
  • Chair, MHEC Critical Reading Grant, 2011-12, University of Baltimore
  • Presenter, IUPUI, 2008- present; topics include General Education reform, curriculum mapping, developing assessment scholars on campuses, and the aesthetics of assessment design
  • Presenter, Middle States Annual Meeting, 2012: Using Student Artifacts to support Standard 14
  • Transfer Articulation Agreement PAC report author, Feb. 2011-July 2011
  • 2009 Appointed Associate Editor, The Scriblerian and Kit-Cats
  • 2008-11 Staff Writer/Contributor, Routledge Annotated Bibliography in English Studies (Routledge ABS), online annual bibliography of year's work in English language and literature
  • 2008 -11 Choir member and Choir Director, St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Harrisburg, PA and St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, Lancaster, PA

Middle States Fall Workshops on Assessment, Baltimore, MD, December 4-7, 2007 (as part of CIA chair duties)

  • 2007 Summer Seminar for Department Chairs and Graduate Coordinators, East
  • Session, Kiawah Island, S.C., June 3-8.
  • 0 Immigration Processing Seminar, PASSHE Chancellor's Office teleconference
  • 2006 Selection Committee, Lancaster County, Poet Laureate with Lancaster Literary Guild
  • Review essay, Restoration, Fall 2006
  • Member of the Board, Lancaster Literary Guild (until 2008)