Professional Service

  • American Society of Parasitologists. Role: Member. (Appointed) Lectureship Committee. 07/2022 - present
  • University of Kansas. Role: Adjunct Researcher. Biodiversity Institute . 06/2019 - 06/2021
  • Am. Soc. Parasitologists. Role: Member. Planning Committee (appointed). 06/2019 - 06/2020
  • International Society of Phthirapterists. Role: President. (Elected) President. 06/2018 - 06/2022
  • American Ornithological Society . Role: Member. Nominations Committee. 06/2018 - 12/2020
  • American Society of Parasitologists. Role: Member. (Elected) Council Member-at-Large . 06/01/2016 - 05/30/2020
  • National Science Foundation. Panelist. 01/2015 - present
  • International Society of Phthirapterists. Role: Member. (Elected) Executive Committee Councilor. 07/01/2014 - 06/30/2018
  • International Society of Phthirapterists. Role: Councilor. Elected Executive Committee Councilor. 01/07/2014 - present
  • 5th International Conference on Phthiraptera. Role: Co-organizer. Held in Park City in 2014, UT. http://www.conferences.utah.edu/icp5/index.html. 01/08/2013 - present
  • American Society of Parasitology. Role: Chair. Elected Chair of Nomination Committee, . 01/08/2013 - 12/26/2014
  • University of Utah. Role: Adjunct Curator. Vertebrate Zoology, Natural History Museum of Utah . 06/2011 - present

Internal Service

  • (Elected) Academic Senator, University of Utah. Member, 07/2023 - 06/2026. University service.
  • Graduate program committee. Member, 07/2022 - present. Department service.
  • COS/OCM Vivarium Committee. Member, 07/2022 - present. University service.
  • Executive committee, SBS: Ecology and Physiology Division. Member, 07/2020 - present. Department service.
  • Curriculum committee. Member, 07/2020 - 06/2021. Department service.
  • Academic Senate. 06/2017 - 06/2020. University service.
  • Curriculum Reform Taskforce. 06/01/2017 - present. Department service.
  • Academic Senator, University of Utah. Senator, 06/01/2017 - 05/30/2020. University service.
  • Biology Undergraduate Research Advisory Committee Member. Member, 06/2015 - present. Department service.
  • College of Science Council . Member, 06/2015 - 06/2017. College service.
  • (Elected) College of Science Council Member, University of Utah. Member, 06/2015 - 05/2017. College service.
  • Seminar Committee Member, Department of Biology, University of Utah. Member, 06/2014 - 05/2015. Department service.
  • (Elected) Executive Committee, International Society of Phthirapterists. Councilor, 06/01/2014 - 05/30/2018. Other service.
  • Vertebrate Zoology, Natural History Museum of Utah . Adjunct Curator, 07/2011 - present. University service.
  • Bonderman Field Station at Rio Mesa Advisory Board. Board Member, 06/2011 - present. University service.
  • Communications Committee, Department of Biology, University of Utah. Member, 01/05/2010 - 12/26/2014. Department service.

Outreach

  • Radio interview with Children’s Hour, Kids Public Radio (episode Mar. 27, 2022) . 03/2022 - present
  • Terrestrial Parasite Tracker: Notes from Nature -Citizen Science platform for research and outreach. 03/2020 - present
  • Educational lab tours for youth groups (Summer camps at the Natural History Museum of Utah. 06/01/2015 - present
  • Teaching Toolbox designed, demonstrated and constructed for the Natural History Museum of Utah. The toolbox is a series of educational modules with specimens, lesson plans and interactive activities based on inquiry based learning protocols. This toolbox is freely available to any educator (K-12) in the state of Utah. http://nhmu.utah.edu/educators/teaching-toolboxes. 06/01/2013 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Recipient of the H.B. Ward Medal from the American Society of Parasitology. This award is in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of parasitology and is the highest research award presented by the society. American Society of Parasitology, 06/2021
  • Golden Commemorative Badge in honor of significant contributions to Phthiraptera research. University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic, 06/2018
  • Fellow . American Ornithological Society, 01/03/2017
  • Early Career Teaching Award. University of Utah, 06/2015

In the Media

  • The Atlantic. This is a Truly Louse Experiment About Evolution. Ed Yong. 03/2019.