Professional Service

  • American Political Science Association. Role: member. Along with five other faculty, I was asked to serve on the Law and Courts section for the best book award--C. Herman Pritchett Award. With the committee, I am tasked with reading 20 books published in 2021 on a variety of issues falling within the law and courts subfield. 11/03/2021 - 05/15/2022
  • University of Utah . Role: Political Research Colloquium Coordinator . Department of Political Science. 08/01/2019 - present

Internal Service

  • Comprehensive Oral Exam for Morgan Wilson, doctoral student . member of exam committee , 11/17/2021 - 12/17/2021. Department service.
  • Graduate Student Orientation Panel--"How to Read Effectively and Take Good Notes" . Presenter , 08/17/2021 - present. Department service.
  • American Politics Comprehensive Committee. Member/Grader, 01/11/2021 - 03/01/2021. Department service.
  • American Politics Comprehensive Committee . Member/Grader, 01/07/2020 - 03/12/2020. Department service.
  • Political Research Colloquium Coordinator. Coordinator , 08/01/2019 - present. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • "A History of Presidential Impeachment" an invited presentation for "YouthCity Government" for the Division of Youth and Family Services (Office of the Mayor, Salt Lake City, Utah). 01/27/2021 - 01/27/2021

Honors & Awards

  • CSBS Superior Teaching Award, finalist. 03/11/2022
  • CSBS Junior Research Leave . 03/07/2022
  • The Faculty Fellow Awards (FFA) provide a semester of full release time (from teaching and administrative tasks) at full salary to tenure-line faculty for scholarly/creative project. University of Utah , 02/16/2022

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