Professional Service

• American Bar Foundation. Fellow. 01/2017 - present
• American Bar Association. Role: Executive Board. Center for Human Rights. 01/2016 - present
• Law & Society Association . Annual Meeting Program Committee. 01/2013 - 01/2014
• Documentaries to Inspire Social Change. Founding Board of Directors. 01/2011 - 01/2013
• Utah for Obama. Role: Fundraiser Co-Host. Elected Alternate Obama Delegate to the Democratic National Convention representing Utah's First Congressional District. 08/2008 - 09/2008
• Women for Obama National Leadership Conference. Role: Fundraiser Co-Host. Utah for Obama. 01/2007 - 01/2008
• American Society of International Law: Africa Section. Role: Co-Chair. Co-Chair, American Society of International Law: Africa Section. 01/2007 - 01/2008
• Executive Committee Member. Role: Executive Committee Member. Executive Committee Member, AALS Section on Human Rights. 01/2006 - 01/2008
• Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights. Role: Advisory Board Member. Human Rights Advocacy. 01/2006 - 01/2007
• International Legal Issues Society. Co-Faculty Advisor. 01/2004 - 01/2008

Internal Service

• College of Humanities. Dean Search Committee, Member, 01/2021 - present. College service.
• College of Law Faculty Development Committee. Member, 01/2021 - 01/2022. College service.
• College of Law Program Committee. Chair, 01/2021 - 01/2022. College service.
• College of Law Hiring Committee. Member, 01/2021 - 01/2022. College service.
• Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Board Member , 01/2019 - present. Department service.
• Presidential Leadership Fellow. 01/2018 - 01/2019. University service.
• Senior Vice President Academic Affairs Search Committee. Member, 01/2018 - 12/2018. University service.
• Admissions. Member, 01/2017 - 01/2018. College service.
• Masters of International Affairs and Global Justice Program Committee. Member, 01/2016 - present. University service.
• Faculty Development Committe. Chair, 01/2016 - present. College service.
• Tenured Faculty Review Committee . Member, 01/2016 - 01/2018. College service.
• Program Committee (2014-2016). Co-Chair, 01/2014 - 01/2016. College service.
• Academic Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Investment Responsibility. Chair, 01/2014 - 01/2015. University service.
• University of Utah, Dean of the Graduate School. Search Committee Member, 01/2013 - present. University service.
• Center for Global Justice, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. Co-Chair, 01/2012 - 01/2015. College service.
• Dolowitz Lecture Board, Health and Human Rights. Member, 01/2010 - present. University service.
• S.J. Quinney College of Law, Dean Search Committee . Hiring Chair , 01/2008 - 01/2009. College service.
• S.J. Quinney College of Law. Readmissions, 01/2007 - 01/2008. College service.
• University of Utah International Studies Board Committee. Member, 01/2005 - present. University service.
• S.J. Quinney College of Law, Dean Search Committee. Member, 01/2005 - 01/2006. College service.
• S.J Quinney College of Law Scholarships and Awards Committee . Member, 01/2005 - 01/2006. College service.
• S.J. Quinney College of Law Hiring Committee. Member, 01/2004 - 01/2005. College service.
• S.J. Quinney College of Law Curriculum Committee . Member, 01/2003 - 01/2004. College service.

Honors & Awards

• Human Rights Award. Society of American Law Teachers, 01/2021
• Living Color Utah Leadership Diversity Award. Utah Business, 01/2020
• Maya Angelou Innovation in Education Award. Black Cultural Center, 01/2019
• Human Rights Award. Salt Lake City Human Rights Commission, 01/2014
• University of Utah Presidential Commission on the Status of Women Award. 01/2014
• Inclusion Center for Community & Justice. 01/2013
• University of Utah Early Career Award. 01/2008
• Next Generation Project Fellow. Next Generation Project Fellow, 01/2007
• University of Utah Teaching Grant. 01/2006
• Institute of Public and International Affairs Grant - Migration. Institute of Public and International Affairs Grant - Migration, 01/2005
• Institute of Public and International Affairs Grant - Globalization. Institute of Public and International Affairs Grant - Globalization, 01/2005
• University of Utah Interdisciplinary Committee for Applied Ethics and Human Values Grant. University of Utah Interdisciplinary Committee for Applied Ethics and Human Values Grant, 01/2004
• University of Utah Teaching Grant. 01/2004

Affiliations

• Shift , Member, 01/2022 - present
• Fair Labor Association , Member, 01/2021 - present
• Earthjustice, Litigation Committee , Trustee, 01/2021 - present
• Law & Society Association , , 2013 - present
• American Bar Association (ABA), Human Rights Center Board of Directors, 01/2013 - present
• American Society of International Law , Co-Chair Africa Interest Group, 01/2007 - 01/2008
• Utah ACLU , Member, 01/2007 - 01/2010
• American Association of Law Schools , Member, 01/2003 - present