• International

    World Education Research Association, International Research Network, 2023-Present

    Member, Basic and Language Education for Adults with Low Literacy Skills

  • National

    American Educational Research Association

    Secretary/Treasurer—Adult Literacy and Adult Education SIG, 2024-2026

    Reviewer, Adult Literacy and Adult Education SIG, 2024 Annual Meeting

    Institute of Education Sciences, CREATE Adult Skills Network, 2023-2024

    Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility Work Group Member

    TESOL Quarterly, Wiley Online Library, 2023; 2024; 2025

    Guest Reviewer

    Language Arts Journal of Michigan, 2020; 2023

    Guest Reviewer

    National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), 2018-2020

    Liaison, English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE) Graduate Strand

    Multicultural Perspectives, Taylor & Francis Online, 2020

    Guest Reviewer

  • University

    Northern Michigan University, School of Education, Leadership, and Public Service, 2025-Present

    Graduate Studies Committee

    Michigan State University, College of Education, 2018-2023

    CITE Student Practicum Committee Member, Darshana Devarajan

    CITE Student Practicum Committee Member, Meiheng Chen

    CITE Mentor

    Michigan State University, Graduate Employees Union Steward, 2019-2023

  • Local

    Grace Village Diabetes Health Clinic, Clarkston, Georgia, 2023-2025

    Volunteer

    Grand Rapids Creative Youth Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2015-2018

    President, Board of Directors

    KConnect, Kent County, Michigan, 2014-2016

    Co-Chairperson, Prenatal to Third Grade Workgroup

    Literacy Center of West Michigan, Community Literacy Initiative, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2012-2014

    Event Organizer, Annual Community Literacy Summit