Professional Service

  • International Quaternary Association (INQUA). Role: revise website, cordinate and conduct outreach and social media communication. Vice-President for Communication. 07/15/2023 - 07/17/2027
  • Journal of Quaternary Environments and Humans. Editorial Board. 05/20/2023 - 05/19/2029
  • Fulbright Foundation Liason and University of Utah Representative. Promote Scholarship, solicit applications and provide advice and feedback to the public for the Fulbright Foundation Awards. 08/01/2022 - 07/21/2027
  • Board Member of the Utah Chapter of the Fulbright Foundation. Working with others who make up the Board, I help connect alumni and friends of the Fulbright program through lifelong learning, collaborative networking, and service projects here at Utah. 08/01/2022 - 06/30/2024
  • Geological Society of America Geoarchaeology Division Awards Committee. Member. 10/01/2018 - 12/31/2019
  • International Association of Geomorphologists . Scientific Committee for the IAG Italian Young Geomorphologists Days' Meeting. 10/01/2018 - 07/17/2019
  • Elsevier Journal Geomorphology. Editorial Board. 07/25/2018 - 07/17/2020
  • STRATi International Congress on Stratigraphy. Scientific Committees for the 2019 STRATi International Congress on Stratigraphy. 07/25/2018 - 07/17/2019
  • Social Media Coordinator INQUA Roma 2024 Congress. Role: content generator, website management, networking, social media publishing. Organize and conduct social media campaign related to the 2023 Congress of the International Quaternary Association held in Rome, Italy in July 2023. 03/2018 - 08/01/2023
  • Geological Society of America, Limnogeology Division. Russell Award Committee Chair. 01/01/2018 - present
  • Commissario Brunetti in Veneto, Italia. Reviewer. 01/01/2018 - 06/30/2020
  • American Association of Geographers. Editorial Board, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 2017-2020. 01/01/2017 - present
  • Geological Society of America, Limnogeology Division. Russell Award Committee. 01/01/2017 - present
  • University of Utah. Role: Faculty mentor. Faculty Mentor of student group, Utah Water Warriors, 2016 - present. 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2020
  • Association for Women Geoscientists. Distinguished Lecturer Program, 2017-2018 . 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2018
  • University of Utah. Role: Member. Global Learning Faculty Working Group, 2016 - present. 09/20/2016 - present
  • Geological Society of America. Role: Social Media Coordinator 2016. PR Committee, Archaeological Geology Division of the GSA, 2013-present. 08/01/2016 - present
  • Quaternary International . Guest Editor of Thematic Volume. 01/20/2016 - 03/28/2018
  • INQUA. Presided over two other sessions -- these were ones convened by INQUA delegates who were called to conduct INQUA business at the same time as their sessions on August 1, 2015. 08/01/2015 - present
  • INQUA. Convened and presided over one all day session entitled "Geoarchaeology: integrating palaeoenvironmental and archaeological records for ancient landscape reconstruction". 07/31/2015 - present
  • International Association of Limnogeology. Judge for Student Awards at the ILIC-6 meeting (the 6th Biennial International Limnogeology Congress in Reno, NV - June 15–19, 2015). 06/15/2015 - 06/19/2015
  • International Association of Limnogeology. Social Media Coordinator. 01/01/2015 - present
  • Geological Association of America Division of Archaeological Geology. Social Media Coordinator. 01/01/2015 - present
  • International Quaternary Association (INQUA). Session organizer. 10/2014 - 07/31/2015
  • International Association of Limnogeology. Planning Committee for 6th Biennial International Limnogeology Congress in Reno, NV - June 15–19, 2015. 01/01/2014 - 07/01/2015
  • International Association for Limnology (IAL). Planning Committee, 6th International Limnogeological Conference in 2015. 08/01/2013 - 06/30/2015
  • International Association for Limnogeology (IAL). Facebook Administrator. 07/2013 - 07/2015
  • Quaternary International. Guest Editor, Thematic Volume. 08/2012 - 12/2014
  • Journal of Archaeology. Editorial Board. 01/2012 - present
  • International Association for Geoscience Diversity. Director of Foundations. 01/2012 - 07/2013
  • American Institute of Archaeology. Invited lecturer. 12/08/2011 - present
  • Geological Society of America (GSA) Archaeological Geology Division. Social Media Coordinator. 05/2011 - 05/2015
  • Geological Society of America. Role: Participant who helps to Plan and convene Annual Meeting. Joint Technical Program Committee. 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2012
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science. Role: working with NGOs, including Global Rights and others in the Republic of Congo, Africa. AAAS-appointed “Scientist on Call” . 2009 - present
  • Geological Society of America. Chair Elect, Archaeological Geology Division. 2009 - 2011
  • American Quaternary Association. Steering Committee, National Meeting . 2009 - 2010
  • Geological Society of America. International Organizing Committee for the conference "Tectonic Crossroads: Evolving Orogens of Eurasia-Africa-Arabia" (TBH 4-8 October 2010 in Ankara, Turkey) http://www.geosociety.org/meetings/2010turkey/organizers.htm . 2009 - 2010
  • Geological Society of America. Role: Chair. Chair Elect. Archaeological Geology Division. 10/20/2008 - present
  • Geological Society of America. Role: Science Committee. International Organizing Committee for a conference "Tectonic Crossroads: Evolving Orogens of Eurasia-Africa-Arabia" (4-8 October 2010 in Ankara, Turkey) . 09/2008 - 11/2010
  • American Quaternary Association. Role: Planning Committee Member. Steering and Meeting Planning Committee, and led a technical session for the American Quaternary Association, for the 21st biannual meeting August 2010, entitled “Exploring the Pleistocene‐ Holocene Boundary in the Americas: From Molecules to Continents”. 09/2008 - 08/20/2010
  • Geological Society of America. Role: solicit abstracts and coordinate interdisciplinary session call with GSA Archaeological Geology, Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology, Sedimentary Geology, and Paleontol. "Geoarchaeology, Reconstructions of Paleoenvironments and Past Human- Environment Interactions " Session Convener at Annual Meeting http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/session_23865.htm. 2008 - 2009
  • Geological Society of America. Vice-Chair Elect, Archaeological Geology Division. 2007 - 2009
  • Geological Society of America. Role: Proposer, Convener and Chair of Technical Sessions . Session Chair for Annual Meeting each year 2005-2010. 10/20/2005 - present

Internal Service

  • CSBS College Council . 12/01/2017 - 07/17/2018. College service.
  • Academic Senate. Senator, 07/01/2017 - present. University service.
  • Executive Committee Academic Senate. 07/01/2017 - present. University service.
  • CSBS Superior Teaching Award Committee. 01/01/2017 - 01/17/2018. College service.
  • Academic Senate. Substitute, 02/01/2016 - 05/01/2016. University service.
  • Academic Freedom Committee - (SCAFFR) Faculty Senate. Member, 06/01/2015 - present. University service.
  • College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Academic Awards Committee. Chair, 08/21/2014 - 08/01/2015. College service.
  • College of Social and Behavioral Science - Academic Awards Committee . Chair, 01/01/2014 - 08/01/2015. College service.
  • College of Science Science Days Volunteer – events for recruiting more than 800 students into STEM disciplines. Presenter and convener at workshop, 07/2010 - 11/15/2010. University service.
  • College of Humanities - Middle East Center - Title IV grant writing committee. Participant and supporter for grant writing, 01/01/2010 - 03/21/2010. College service.
  • Middle East Center - Interim Executive Committee. Meet with Director and Committee Members to Plan and Advise, 11/09/2009 - 2011. Department service.
  • Middle East Center - Department of Education Title VI Grant Writing Committee . research, write, compile, and edit grant for submission 3/23/10 , 11/09/2009 - 03/30/2010. Department service.
  • CSBS Superior Research Award Committee. 09/2009 - 05/2010. College service.
  • Rio Mesa Planning Committee and Advisory Board. review architectural student plans, meet with fundraisers, attend monthly meetings, 09/01/2009 - 2011. University service.
  • College of Humanities - Middle East Center - Interim Executive Committee. Participant and Member, 09/01/2009 - 06/01/2010. College service.
  • Middle East Center Graduate Admissions Committee. review and applications, decide on admissions, 01/15/2009 - 01/15/2011. Department service.
  • FLAS Awards Committee, Middle East Center . process and evaluate student applications, 01/15/2009 - 01/15/2011. Department service.
  • Middle East Center - Arabic Language Search Committee . 2009 - 2010. Other service.
  • Department of Geography Donald Currey Scholarship Commitee. Member, 01/01/2009 - present. Department service.
  • College of Humanities - Middle East Center - Graduate Admissions Committee. Member, 01/01/2009 - present. Other service.
  • Entrada Advisory Committee (now renamed Rio Mesa Advisory Committee). Serve on general committee and Business Steering Panel, 2008 - 2011. University service.
  • CSBS College Superior Teaching Award Committee. 2008 - 2009. College service.
  • CSBS - Proposal Initiative Grant (PIG) Committee. participant, 01/01/2008 - present. College service.
  • More than 6 faculty Search Committees. Participant, 09/2007 - present. Department service.
  • Member of "Commitee of the Whole" Graduate Admissions Committee. Member and Participant, 01/01/2007 - present. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • I volunteer with Friends of the Great Salt Lake, a local advocacy and educational organization. 03/2010 - present
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science - Global Human Rights volunteer. 08/31/2009 - present
  • Veteran's Hospital - Salt Lake City. 08/01/2007 - present

Outreach

  • Department of Geology Table at U of U Outreach Event in South Jordan. 03/26/2015 - 03/26/2015
  • U of U Science Days Recruitment - November 2010 - workshop on "Environmental Science on the Great Salt Lake". 11/2010 - 11/2012
  • Facebook Page Administrator Geomorphology Rules. 01/25/2010 - 12/31/2020
  • Social Media Outreach via Facebook on "Geomorphology Rules" with more than 250,000 followers and lately I am reaching up to 20 million people a week from around the globe with science posts and engagement opportunities. I maintain a more active popular interface than anything the University does, and they have dedicated marketing people. I mention this because I have literally shifted how the world sees the University of Utah as an institution. 01/01/2007 - 12/31/2029

Guest Editing

For Quaternary International, the flagship journal of the INQUA -- published by Elsevier

2 thematic volumes in 2015 and ongoing now

Honors & Awards

  • Seymour Gitin Distinguished Professorship. W.F. Albright Institute for Archaeological Research, 03/15/2023
  • Con Il Sud Program. Fulbright Foundation Global Scholars Award, 01/2022
  • Con Il Sud Program in Italy. Fulbright Foundation Global Scholars Award, 07/01/2021
  • Geological Society of America, Geoarchaeology Division "Ripp Rapp" Career Award. 09/23/2019
  • Prize at the 14th Conference of Environmental Archaeology. Italian Institute of Prehistory and Protohistory, 02/2018
  • Finalist -- Superior Research Award, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences,. 03/01/2012
  • Elected to Fellowship in the Society . Geological Society of Amercia, 05/15/2011
  • Superior Teaching Award: 2011 . University of Utah College of Social and Behavioral Sciences , 04/01/2011
  • Gladys Cole Memorial Research Award. Geological Society of America, 05/10/2010
  • Finalist - Superior Teaching Award. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 05/08/2010
  • Finalist - Superior Teaching Award. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 05/08/2009

Affiliations

  • Center for Technological and Natural Hazards (none), Department of Geography, University of Utah, 07/01/2014 - present
  • Middle East Center - College of Humanities (MEC), Affiliated Faculty, 01/01/2008 - present

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