Professional Service

• Hispania. Role: review submission. article review. 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2019
• International Business Review Journal. Role: review. Reviewer of submitted articles. 01/2012 - present
• Sigma Delta Pi. Academic Advisor for Honor Society. 01/2012 - present
• IABE. International Business Review Journal. Role: reviewer. Reviewer of submitted articles. 01/2012 - 12/2012
• RMESC. Member organizing committee. 01/2012 - 03/2012
• Granite School District. Role: consultant member. Steering Committee Dual Language Immersion. 01/01/2012 - 12/2012
• AP China Bridge Delegation. Role: delegate. Attend China trip. 11/2011 - 11/2011
• State of Utah. Role: Consultant. Governors World Language Council. 01/05/2011 - present
• Sigma Delta Pi. Sigma Delta Pi. Academic Advisor for Honor Society. 01/2011 - 12/2011
• State of Utah. Role: Consultant. Governors World Language Council. 01/05/2010 - present
• Dept of Education. Role: Reviewer. Fulbright, Javits, NRC, CIBER panels. 01/2010 - present
• US Dept of Education. Role: Grant reviewer. Fulbright Faculty and Doctoral Dissertation Research. NRC, Javits, CIBER proposals. 01/2010 - 12/2010
• Granite School District. Dual Language Steering Committee. 01/01/2010 - present
• US Dept of Education. Role: reviewer of grants. Fulbright, Javits, NRC, CIBER panels. 01/2009 - present
• Granite School District. Role: Member. Dual Language Steering Committee. 01/01/2009 - present

Internal Service

• SAC EDI Senate Advisory committee member. member, 08/01/2022 - 01/31/2025. University service.
• PHD committee Villalobos. Director, 06/01/2021 - 01/01/2023. Department service.
• FLC committee with Global Engagement Office. committee member, 01/01/2019 - 05/15/2020. University service.
• URC Sub committee member on 3 . subcommittee , 01/01/2018 - 02/03/2020. University service.
• Associate Professor Workshop. participant, 08/21/2017 - 09/17/2018. University service.
• Global U Council. member, 08/01/2017 - present. University service.
• Latin American Studies Center Faculty Advisory Committee- review scholarship and other applications for graduate program. Provide policy and input for NRC (National Resource Center) at the U. Faculty Advisor, 08/01/2017 - 05/15/2019. University service.
• Global Learning Faculty Learning Community. Co-Chair, 06/01/2017 - present. University service.
• Project Youth. class demonstration, 04/20/2017 - 04/20/2017. University service.
• Reviewers for the 2017 College of Humanities Mock Review with Jake Jensen. 03/02/2017 - 03/02/2017. College service.
• Global Learning Committee. member, 08/20/2016 - present. University service.
• Project Youth Core Committee: Outreach to 6th Graders . Presenter, 04/27/2016 - present. University service.
• Games4Health. judge, 01/20/2016 - 03/01/2016. University service.
• Judge Healthi4U. 11/19/2015 - 11/19/2015. University service.
• University Research Committee, subcommittee faculty fellow. chair, 11/14/2015 - 12/14/2015. University service.
• Graduate Council. member, 08/31/2015 - present. University service.
• International Studies Curriculum Committee. member, 08/23/2015 - present. University service.
• L2TRe-Center Advisory Board . member-representative from dept., 09/21/2012 - present. College service.
• Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. 08/2012 - 08/2015. University service.
• Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. 08/2012 - 08/2014. University service.
• Humanities Curriculum Committee. Member., 01/2012 - present. College service.
• Dee Council. Fellow, 01/2012 - present. College service.
• WILMA advisory board. member, 08/24/2011 - present. Department service.
• Dee Council Fellow. Fellow and reviewer, 08/2011 - present. University service.
• College of Humanities Undergraduate Committee. Member. , 08/2011 - present. College service.
• Humanities College University of Utah. Humanities Area Committee. member., 08/2011 - 12/2012. College service.
• Study Abroad committee. member, 01/2011 - present. Department service.
• Library committee. Latin American Studies rep, 01/2011 - present. College service.
• Humanities College Library Committee. LAS representative, 08/24/2010 - 08/24/2011. College service.
• Undergraduate Studies. Director, 08/2010 - present. Department service.
• College of Humanities Curriculum Committee. Member, 08/2010 - present. College service.
• Study Abroad committee. member, 01/2010 - present. Department service.
• Library committee. Latin American Studies rep, 01/2010 - present. College service.
• Curriculum Committee. member, 2009 - present. College service.
• WILMA committee member. committee member, 01/2009 - present. Department service.

Outreach

• Casa Quetzalcoatl Volunteer mentor and tutor on writing scholarship and admissions essays for Hispanic Youth. 08/22/2019 - 04/22/2020
• Panelist for screening of selected animated indigenous short-stories from the project '68 Voices' (PG13) and a panel discussion led by our Mexican guest Director, Gabriela Badillo. Mexican Consulate sponsor at Broadway Theatre . 05/18/2018 - 05/18/2018
• Project Youth. 05/05/2017 - 05/05/2017

Honors & Awards

• International Travel Grant. College of Humanities, 09/2013
• URC Creative research Grant. University of Utah, 05/2013
• Faculty Fellow, URC. University of Utah, 05/2013
• Great Ideas Grant. College of Humanities, 11/2012
• UFLA, Teacher Vitality Award, Summer 2012. UFLA, 05/2012
• Fellow for the Council of Dee Fellows, College of Humanities. Out of 350. Council of Dee Fellows, 08/2011
• UFLA Teacher Vitality Award to attend a business language training program in Barcelona, Spain. UFLA-Utah Foreign Language Association, 04/10/2011
• National Elections Committee for 2009-10. Sigma Delta Pi, 01/01/2010
• Departmental Faculty Development award- development of online classes in Spanish, training TA, and instructors. Dept of Languages and Literature, 08/23/2009
• Grant for development of online class 4550. TACC, 12/01/2008
• University of Utah Beacons of Excellence Award Fall 2017. Beacons of Excellence, 10/26/2017
• Participatory development: Case studies of Yaxunah and Blue Creek . URC creative research award, 05/01/2016
• Indigenous Women's Lecture Series. Dee Council, 04/20/2016
• Travel research grant. Latin American Studies, 04/01/2016
• research grant for course. CLAC, 01/01/2016

Affiliations

• Global Change and Sustainability Center (GCSC), Affiliate faculty, 03/17/2016 - present
• Modern Language Association (MLA), member, 04/2011 - present
• Sigma Delta Pi (SDP), National Elections Committee, 08/01/2009 - present
• Latin American Studies Association (LASA), member, 04/01/2006 - present
• American Association of Teachers of Foreign Language (ACTFL), member, 07/1998 - present