Professional Service

  • National Science Foundation. Law and Social Sciences (LSS) Program Grant Proposal Reviewer. 03/22/2018 - 03/30/2018
  • American Sociological Association. Associate Editor, Teaching Sociology. 08/18/2014 - 05/07/2021
  • American Sociological Association. Role: Latina/o Sociology Secton. Past Chair. 08/2014 - 08/2015
  • American Sociological Association. Role: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. Manuscript Reviewer. 08/2014 - 08/2015
  • National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies. Secretary. 04/2014 - 04/2016
  • American Sociological Association. Chair-Elect, Latina/o Sociology Section. 08/2012 - 08/2013

Internal Service

  • Office For Global Engagement, Global Faculty Learning Community, Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Course Activity Development, Panelist November, 2020. 11/19/2020 - 11/19/2020. University service.
  • Academic Senate, 2020 – 2023. Ethnic Studies Senator, 08/17/2020 - present. Department service.
  • College Council. Substitute Representative Sociology Department, 01/01/2020 - 06/30/2020. College service.
  • RPT Review Committee. Chair, 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020. Department service.
  • University Research Committee, Proposal Reviewer, 2017 – 2019. 03/01/2017 - 06/30/2019. University service.
  • Undergraduate Research Mentor Development Program, 2018. 08/20/2018 - 12/12/2018. University service.
  • Commencement Banner Carrier, School for Cultural and Social Transformation, 2018. 05/03/2018 - 05/03/2018. University service.
  • Curriculum Policy Review Board/Special Fee Review Committee, 2016 – 2018. 08/22/2016 - 05/04/2018. University service.
  • General Education Curriculum Committee, 2013 – 2014. 08/19/2013 - 05/02/2014. University service.
  • OED Diversity Awards Committee, 2014. 03/03/2014 - 03/28/2014. University service.
  • OED Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee, 2014 - 2018. 08/19/2013 - 05/04/2018. University service.
  • OED U Remembers Committee, 2014 – 2015. 08/19/2013 - 05/01/2015. University service.
  • OED Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee Co-Chair, 2013 – 2014. 08/19/2013 - 05/02/2014. University service.
  • OED Diversity Leadership Team, 2013 – 2018. 08/01/2013 - 05/04/2018. University service.
  • SCST Convocation Banner Carrier 2018. 05/04/2018 - 05/04/2018. College service.
  • SCST Undergraduate Research Opportunities Proposal Reviewer, 2016 – 2018. 08/22/2016 - 05/04/2018. College service.
  • SCST Chair, Curriculum Committee, 2016 – 2018. 08/22/2016 - 05/04/2018. College service.
  • SCST Executive Committee, 2016 – 2018. 08/22/2016 - 05/04/2018. College service.
  • SCST Proposal Working Committee, 2015 -2016. 11/01/2015 - 07/01/2016. College service.
  • CSBS Undergraduate Research Opportunities Proposal Reviewer, 2015 – 2016. 08/24/2015 - 05/06/2016. College service.
  • CSBS College Council, 2014 – 2016. 08/18/2014 - 05/06/2016. College service.
  • CSBS Curriculum Committee, 2014 – 2016. 08/18/2014 - 05/06/2016. College service.
  • ES Search Committee, Assistant Professor—Lecturer, 2018. 02/01/2018 - 05/04/2018. Department service.
  • ES Retention, Promotion and Tenure, 2013 – Present. 08/19/2013 - present. Department service.
  • ES Curriculum Committee, 2013 – 2018. 08/19/2013 - 05/04/2018. Department service.
  • ES Assessment Committee, 2013 – 2018. 08/19/2013 - 05/04/2018. Department service.
  • ES Central Committee, 2013 – 2018. 08/19/2013 - 05/04/2018. Department service.
  • Soc Criminology Faculty Search Committee, 2017. 08/21/2017 - 12/15/2017. Department service.
  • Soc Retention, Promotion and Tenure, 2013 – Present. 08/19/2013 - 06/30/2020. Department service.
  • Soc Undergraduate Committee, 2013 – Present. 08/19/2013 - 06/30/2020. Department service.
  • Dean Search Committee. 10/01/2022 - present. College service.
  • Curriculum Committee. 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2022. Department service.
  • Academic Senate Personnel & Elections Committee. Member, 07/01/2021 - present. University service.
  • RPT Tenured Faculty Review Sub-Committee. Chair, 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022. Department service.
  • RPT Sub-Commitee. Chair, 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022. Department service.
  • Ethnic Studies, Retention, Promotion, and Tenure Committee. Member, 07/01/2018 - present. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • School Community Council—Salt Lake Center for Science Education Bryant Middle. 08/01/2020 - 05/31/2022
  • Genealogical Society for Hispanic America, Utah Chapter. 06/01/2020 - present
  • Northwest Recreation Center Board. 03/2015 - 05/04/2018
  • University Neighborhood Partners. 11/2014 - 05/04/2018
  • Race Swami Board of Directors. 08/2014 - 05/31/2016

Outreach

  • Southern Utah University, Hispanic Heritage Month Virtual Panelist, Social Justice for Latinx Americans and Communities, September, 2020. 09/30/2020 - 09/30/2020

Honors & Awards

  • Western Nebraska Community College Distinguished Alumni, 2001. 09/2001
  • Ford Foundation Minority Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 1991-94. 09/1991

Affiliations

  • National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS), Member/Officer, 04/1989 - present
  • American Society of Criminology (ASC), Member, 11/1992 - present
  • American Sociological Association (ASA), Member/Officer, 08/1995 - present