Professional Service
- Rhetoric Society of America.
Role: Member.
Budget Advisory Committee.
07/2020 - 06/2022
- National Communication Association.
President.
01/01/2020 - 12/31/2020
- Arizona State University.
Role: Reviewer.
Program Review, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication.
02/2019 - 02/2019
- NCA.
1st Vice President.
01/01/2019 - 12/31/2019
- Western States Communication Association.
Role: Reviewer.
Communication, Identities & Difference Interest Group.
12/2018 - 12/2018
- University of California.
Role: Reviewer.
Systemwide Review of UCLA Proposed Graduate Program in Communication.
09/2018 - 09/2018
- Hong Kong University Press.
Role: Reviewer.
Proposal for New Book Series.
09/2018 - 09/2018
- NCA.
Role: Reviewer.
Critical and Cultural Studies Division Distinguished Scholar Committee.
07/2018 - 07/2018
- Association for Asian American Studies.
Role: Member.
Humanities/Cultural Studies (Media, Multidisciplinary, Performance) Award Subcommittee.
02/2018 - 02/2018
- National Communication Association.
2nd Vice President.
01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018
- National Communication Association.
2nd Vice President.
12/31/2017 - 12/30/2018
- Ohio State University.
Role: Reviewer.
Proposal for New Book Series.
05/2017 - 05/2017
- Ohio State University Press.
Role: Member.
Intersectional Rhetorics Series Advisory Board (Ed. Karma Chávez).
01/2017 - present
- NCA.
2nd Vice President (Elect).
01/01/2017 - 12/31/2017
- National Communication Association.
2nd Vice President (Elect).
01/01/2017 - 12/31/2017
- Journal of International and Intercultural Communication.
Editorial Board Member.
01/2010 - 12/2019
- University of Iowa.
Role: Award Reviewer.
Donald C. Bryant Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Scholarship in Rhetorical Studies, 2009, 2020.
01/2009 - present
Internal Service
- Anti-Racism Task Force.
Member,
07/2020 - present.
Department service.
- Academic Senate Advisory Committee on University Strategic Planning.
Member,
07/2020 - 06/2021.
University service.
- Tenure and Promotion Reviewer, College of Fine Arts.
Reviewer,
07/01/2020 - 09/15/2020.
University service.
- Search Committee, Chief Academic Officer and Dean of Faculty, Utah Asia Campus .
Member,
01/2020 - present.
University service.
- Faculty Senate.
Representative (elected),
08/15/2019 - present.
University service.
- Faculty Learning Community on Inclusive Teaching and Learning.
Member,
01/2018 - present.
University service.
- Faculty Advisor, Television Analysis Club.
Advisor,
08/01/2016 - present.
University service.
- Asia Campus Executive Committee.
Member,
08/2015 - present.
University service.
- Global U Council.
Member,
05/01/2015 - present.
University service.
- Transfer Process Working Group.
Co-Chair,
07/2014 - 05/2015.
University service.
- Campus Climate Committee.
Member,
08/2013 - present.
University service.
Honors & Awards
- Distinguished Scholar Award.
Western States Communication Association,
03/2020
- Research Fellow, 2019-2021.
Hugh Downs School of Communication, Arizona State University,
07/2019
- Douglas W. Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar Award.
National Communication Association,
11/2018
- Distinguished Scholar in the Humanities Award.
College of Humanities, University of Utah,
05/2018
- Outstanding Article of the Year Award.
International and Intercultural Division, National Communication Association,
11/2016
- Distinguished Scholar Award.
Critical and Cultural Studies Division, National Communication Association,
11/2015
- Teachers on Teaching Award.
National Communication Association,
11/2015
- Distinguished Scholar Award, Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division.
National Communication Association,
11/2015
- Paul Boase Prize for Scholarship.
School of Communication Studies at Ohio University,
02/2013
- Visiting Professor.
American University of Paris,
07/2012
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