Professional Service

• University of Utah College of Nursing. Chair, MS/DNP Directors Committee. 06/2013 - 06/2015
• NEXus - The Nursing Education XChange. Role: Member. University of Utah College of Nursing Representative for the Education Cluster. 06/2011 - 01/01/2014
• Advances in Nursing Science. Reviewer. 01/2003 - present
• Editorial Board for Nursing Inquiry. Reviewer. 01/2003 - present

Internal Service

• University Teaching and Learning Portfolio. 02/12/2013 - present. University service.
• Honors School Advisory Board. Member, 01/2010 - present. University service.
• Ad-hoc Evaluation Committee. Member, 06/2011 - 06/2013. College service.
• Graduate Scholarship Committee. Chair, 06/2010 - 06/2014. College service.
• Internal Reviewer: Graduate School Review, School of Architecture. Reviewer, 11/2011 - 01/2012. University service.
• Peer Teaching Peer Evaluations x4. 01/2011 - 01/2012. College service.
• Masters Committee. Ad-hoc committee: Writing for Graduate Students, 2010 - 2010. College service.
• DNP Program. Advior to DNP program and admissions interviewer, 2008 - 2010. College service.
• Ad-hoc Workload Document Committee. Member, 06/2011 - 12/2011. College service.
• Outreach Committee. Member, 2009 - 2011. College service.
• Master's Director Committee Ad-hoc committee: Writing for Graduate Students. Ad-hoc committee: Writing for Graduate Students, 2010 - 2010. College service.
• Scholarship Committee. Chair, 06/2008 - 07/01/2014. College service.
• Career Line Task Force. Member, 05/01/2015 - present. College service.
• Master Evaluation Plan Committee. Member, 04/01/2015 - present. College service.
• Academic Program Team. Member, 04/01/2015 - present. College service.
• Academy of Health Sciences Educators Steering Committee . Member , 11/2013 - present. University service.
• General Education Curriculum Council. Member , 10/2013 - present. University service.
• Comprehensive Retention & Completion Task Force. Member , 10/2013 - present. University service.
• MS-DNP Directors Meeting. Member, 07/01/2011 - present. College service.

Community Partnership

• Utah Cluster Acceleration Program (UCAP) Initiative on Case Management Committee. 07/2012 - present

Honors & Awards

• Fellow, Academy of Health Science Educators. University of Utah, 05/2014
• Certified Nurse Educator. National League of Nursing, 01/04/2012
• Higher Education Teaching Specialist. The University of Utah, Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence, 05/2011
• Excellence in Education Award. Sigma Theta Tau - Gamma Rho, 03/2011
• National Institutes of Health: Health Disparities Loan Repayment Program Researcher. NIH, 01/2004
• National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) Scholar. National Institutes of Health, 06/2001
• Mildred Disbrow Award for theory development in nursing . University of Washington, 06/1999