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Service to the Profession

National / International Committees / Service

  • American Educational Research Association (AERA)
    • Proposal Reviewer, 2024 Annual Meeting (Fall 2023) for Division J (Postsecondary Education) tracks:
      • Organization, Management, and Leadership
      • Policy, Finance, and Economics
      • Faculty, Curriculum, and Teaching
      • Assessing College Student Success and Impact
      • College Student Trajectories and Transitions
  • Impacting Education Journal
    • Manuscript Reviewer, 2023 (Summer 2023)
    • Manuscript Reviewer, 2023 (Spring 2023)
  • National Association for Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
    • Proposal Reviewer, 2023 NASPA Symposium on Military-Connected Students (Fall 2022)
  • American Educational Research Association (AERA)
    • Proposal Reviewer, 2023 Annual Meeting (Fall 2022)
  • Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS)
    • Finance Committee Member (Fall 2021 – Present)
    • Communications Committee Member (Fall 2021 – Present)
    • Communications Committee Chair (Fall 2020 – Fall 2021)
    • Social Media Coordinator (June 2020 – August 2020)
  • American Public Health Association (APHA)
    • Co-Chair, Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section Program Committee (2016)
  • Journal of Social Media and Society (JSMS)
    • Editorial Board Member (Fall 2012 – Present)

Regional / State Committees / Service

  • Southwestern Educational Research Association (SERA)
    • Graduate Student Seminars for Work in Progress Conference Committee Co-Chair (Fall 2023 – Present)
  • Texas Association of Black Professionals in Higher Education (TABPHE), East Texas Chapter
    • Treasurer (Fall 2021 – Present)
    • Social Media Coordinator (Spring 2021 – Present)
  • Texas A&M University System Council on Academic Technology in Education (CATIE)
    • Co-Chair, Software Evaluation & Collaborative Pricing Task Force (Spring 2016 – Summer 2016)
    • Liaison, System Information Technology Governance Task Force (Fall 2015 – Summer 2016)
  • Texas Blackboard Users Group (T-BUG)
    • Treasurer (Fall 2012 – Fall 2014)
    • President-Elect (Fall 2014)
    • President (Spring 2015 – Spring 2016)
  • Southwest Educational Research Association (SERA)
    • Conference Paper Proposal Reviewer (Fall 2021)
    • Conference Paper Proposal Reviewer (Fall 2010)

Campus Committees / Service

  • Faculty Scholar Development Cohort
    • Member (August 2021 – May 2022)
  • MEd Educational Administration (Higher Education Concentration) Comprehensive Exam Committee
    • Member (October 2022 – October 2022)
  • MEd Educational Administration (Educational Technology Leadership Concentration) Comprehensive Exam Committee
    • Member (October 2022 – October 2022)
    • Member (July 2023 – October 2023)
  • MEd Curriculum and Instruction (Instructional Design and Technology Concentration) Comprehensive Exam Committee
    • Member (October 2022 – October 2022)
  • Academic Collaboration and Planning Committee, Tarleton State University
    • Member (August 2022 – Present)
  • Dissertation Committee for Jamal Williams, Tarleton State University
    • Chair (August 2022 – Present)
  • Doctoral Program Committee, Tarleton State University
    • Member (August 2022 – Present)
  • 14 Day Writing Challenge Committee, Tarleton State University
    • Member (August 2022 – Present)
  • Faculty Handbook Committee, Panola College
    • Member (August 2020 – August 2021)
  • Academic Council, Tarleton State University
    • Member (Spring 2014 – August 2018)
  • University Planning Council, Tarleton State University
    • Member (Fall 2015 – August 2018)
  • Marketing Functional Team, Strategic Enrollment Management Executive Committee, Tarleton State University (Spring 2013 – August 2018)
  • Digital Media Advisory Committee, Tarleton State University
    • Member (Fall 2013 – August 2018)
  • Texas Social Media Research Institute (TSMRI), Tarleton State University
    • Board Member (Fall 2012 – Present)
  • Technology Committee, Granbury High School (2009 – 2010)
  • Site-Based Decision Making Committee, Granbury High School (2009 – 2010)
  • Tenth Grade Academic Team, Polytechnic High School (2010 – 2011)

Community Service

  • Carthage High School Site-Based Decision Making Committee
    • Member (August 2023 – Present)
  • Texas State Guard
    • Enlisted Service Member (June 2020 – Present)
    • Squad Leader (June 2021 – June 2022)
    • Officer Candidate (August 2022 – February 2023)
    • Executive Officer, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade (April 2023 – Present)
  • Carthage Improvement Corporation
    • Board Member (October 2020 – Present)
  • Panola County Chamber of Commerce
    • Board Member (January 2023 – Present)
  • Rotary Club of Carthage
    • Member (January 2021 – Present)
  • Sunset Alumni Association
    • Treasurer (May 2022 – May 2023)
  • Rotary Club of Fort Worth
    • Chair, Awareness Group in Career Education Committee (February 2018 – May 2019)
    • Member (October 2017 – May 2019)
  • Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
    • Board Member (Fall 2015 – May 2019)
    • Chair, Technology Committee (January 2017 – May 2019)
    • Member, Development Committee (May 2017 – May 2019)
  • United Way of Tarrant County Community Investment Cabinet
    • Member (Fall 2015 – May 2019)
  • Leadership Fort Worth
    • Class Member, Early Childhood Education Project (Fall 2015 – Summer 2016)
  • Granbury First United Methodist Church
    • Chair, Administrative Council (May 2017 – May 2019)
    • Co-Chair, Discipleship Team (January 2017 – May 2019)

Professional Development

  • Texas State Guard
    • Basic Orientation Training (November 2020)
    • Officer Candidate School (August 2022 – February 2023)
  • ACUE
    • Certificate in Effective College Instruction (May 2023)
    • Inspiring Inquiry and Preparing Lifelong Learners in Your Online Course
  • Microcredential (May 2022) Panola College
  • Texas Pathways Basics (January 2021) Pearson
    • Finding Gaps in Your A&P Students’ Knowledge (October 2019)
    • How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive (October 2019)
    • Incorporating Active Learning Into Your Biology Course with Ready To Go Study Modules (RTGs) (October 2019)
  • McGraw-Hill
    • Stop the Drop — Helping the Underprepared Student (October 2019)
  • STARLINK
    • How Do I Build Community in my Classroom (October 2020)
    • Strategies for Classroom Engagement (September 2020)
    • Creating an Active Classroom (September 2020)
    • Making Lectures More Meaningful: Integrating Active Learning Techniques (November 2019)
    • Rethinking Practices to Increase Retention and Completion (November 2019)
    • Teaching Online and Hybrid (November 2019)
  • Human Anatomy and Physiology Society
    • Effectively Teaching Anatomy – The Power of Patterns (November 2019)
  • Coursera
    • COVID-19 Contract Tracing (Johns Hopkins University) (July 2020)
  • American Red Cross
    • Deployment Fundamentals (February 2021)
    • Basic Food Safety (February 2021)
    • Everyone Is Welcome (January 2021)
    • Bloodborne Pathogens (January 2021)
    • Mass Care: An Overview (January 2021)
    • Disaster Cycle Services (January 2021)
    • Shelter Fundamentals (January 2021)
    • Feeding Fundamentals (January 2021)
  • Federal Emergency Management Administration
    • Introduction to Continuity of Operations Planning for Pandemic Influenzas (December 2020)
    • Social Media in Emergency Management (April 2021)
    • Orientation to FEMA Logistics (December 2020)
    • Decision Making and Problem Solving (December 2020)
    • Guide to Points of Distribution (October 2020)
    • Introduction to Continuity of Operations (August 2020)
    • Introduction to Incident Command System (July 2020)
    • Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response (July 2020)
    • National Response Framework, An Introduction (July 2020)
    • Basic Emergency Operations Center Functions (July 2020)
    • Military Resources in Emergency Management (July 2020)
    • Active Shooter: What You Can Do (June 2020)
    • Protecting Critical Infrastructure Against Insider Threats (June 2020)
  • Texas Department of Emergency Management
    • Introduction to WebEOC (December 2020)