Hope College (2000-)

Chair, Academic Affairs Board (2008-09); Member (2007-09).

Member, Curriculum Committee (2007-08).

Campus Advisor, ACM/Newberry Library Program in the Humanities (2000-Present).

Member, Academic Computing Advisory Team (ACAT) (2004-Present).

Webmaster, Department of English Web Site (2001-Present).

Member, English Department Hiring Committee (2001-02, 2002-03, 2007-08).

Member, English Department Guest Lectures Committee (2002-Present).

Member, English Department Honors Program Committee (2002-Present).

Member, English Department Curriculum Committees (2001-Present).

Member, Student Standing and Appeals Committee (2001-02).

Advisor, Hope College Pew Society (2001-Present).

Member, Women's Studies Department Committee (2000-Present).

Co-editor, ETC.: The English Department Newsletter (2000-01).

Editorial Boards (1998-)

The Mickle Street Review (2002-Present)

Workplace: The Journal for Academic Labor (1998-2000)

Harvard University (1994-2000)

Tutorial Board, Department of History and Literature (1996-2000).  Participated in departmental governance, conducted senior oral examinations, evaluated senior theses and junior examinations, conducted admissions interviews.

Research Assistant, Professors Sacvan Bercovitch, Lawrence Buell, Alan Heimert, Mason Lowance, Meredith McGill, and Werner Sollors (1994-1999). Obtained and interpreted materials for lectures, essays, and books; provided course support; assembled library exhibitions and conference programs.

Project Supervisor, W. E. B. Du Bois Institute (1995-1997). The Harvard Guide to African American History. Hired researchers, trained them in humanities research methods and ProCite Database software, coordinated assignments.  Translated, interpreted, verified, organized, and proofread bibliographical data.

American Studies Association (1999-)

Task Force on Employment of Part-time, Adjunct, and Temporary Faculty (1999-). The Task Force examines the implications of the research that has been done on academic employment to date for American Studies, American Ethnic Studies, and allied interdisciplinary fields. The Task Force also helps the ASA to formulate its own positions within the Coalition on the Academic Workplace and to recommend what areas of research and policy require elaboration.

Modern Language Association (1998-)

Delegate Assembly, Representing New England and Eastern Canada (2000-2003).

Vice-president and Publicity Director, Graduate Student Caucus (1998-99).

Candidate for the Executive Council, by Nomination of the Graduate Student Caucus (1998).

Michigan Humanities Council (2002-)

Humanities Professional, Consultant/Planner, Presenter/Panelist, and Project Evaluator (2002-).

History Associates Incorporated (2000)

Conducted archival research, personal interviews, and on-site inspections to assess the impact of the manufactured gas industry on the environment in Massachusetts (January to June, 2000).