Recently in Leadership Category

Councilor for Geosciences Division, Council on Undergraduate Research (2003-2009)
           Chair of the Geoscience Division of CUR (2008-present)
           Chair-elect of the Geoscience Division of CUR (2007-2008)

Councilor-at-large, National Association of Geoscience Teachers (2006-2009)

Member of National Science Teacher Association's Multicultural/Equity Science Education Committee (2003-2006)

• Co-leader for CUR workshop "How to establish and sustain an Undergraduate Research Program," Las Vegas, NV, Association of American Geographers conference, Monday, March 23, 2009

• Co-leader for CUR workshop "Starting out in Undergraduate Research and Education: A Professional Development Workshop for Young Faculty," Houston, TX, Saturday, October 4, 2008

• Co-leader for CUR workshop "Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research at the Community College at Monroe Community College," Rochester, NY, June 12-13, 2008

• Facilitator/Invited speaker for PKAL/MnSCU workshop at Marshall College, "Keeping Students Engaged in STEM," April 25-26, 2008

• Local host for CUR-NSF workshop at PSU Brandywine, "Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research," September 28-30, 2007

• Facilitator for CUR/NCIA NSF-ATE Conversation on Undergraduate Research with Community College Students, Redlands Community College, El Reno, OK, June 5-6, 2007

• Workshop team leader for Project Kaleidoscope 2002 Summer Institute, "Advising and Mentoring Students for the Future" in session "Strengthening Undergraduate Earth & Planetary Science Programs" (2002)

Pennsylvania State University
University co-chair of intercollege minor on civic and community engagement (2006-present)

Laboratory for Public Scholarship and Democracy Advisory Council (2006-2007)

Faculty Advisory Committee for the Schreyer Honors College (2007-2010)

Reader of essays for prospective Schreyer Honors Scholars (Fall 2006-present)

University/Commonwealth College
P&T Committee for the DuBois campus (have reviewed three candidates)

Royer Center's Ubiquitous Computing Committee (2003-2004)

Member of Technical Review Committee, First Undergraduate Research Poster Session/Division of Science/Commonwealth College/Penn State University (2002)

College representative for College of Earth and Mineral Science (ongoing)

Honors program coordinator for campus (2006-present)

Campus Honors Advisory Committee (2003-present)

Campus Promotion & Tenure Committee (2008-2010)

Capital Campaign Committee (2009-ongoing)

Faculty search committees (DAA, tenure-line, instructor)

Campus Technology Advisory Committee (2003-2009)

Campus coordinator of the Civic and Community Engagement Minor (2005-2009)

Organizer of Clarence D. Bell Public Service Lecture Series (4 lectures each in 2006, 2007, 2008)

Organizer of Voices of Innovation Seminar Series (4 lectures in 2008-2009)

Faculty Admissions Advisory Committee (2007-2008)

40th Anniversary Campus Committee and Chair of 40 Acts of Kindness Sub-committee (2006-2008)

Campus Faculty Executive Committee Member (2002-2004, 2009-2011)

Faculty Advisory Group for Student Life (2002-2004)

EURECA (campus student research symposium, Spring 2003-Spring 2005, Fall 2008-2009)

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Working Group (2004)

Earth Day Working Group (2004)

Faculty Adviser for We Are Penn State MADE (Making A Difference Everyday) (2005-2008)

Faculty Adviser for THON, Penn State Dance Marathon (2003-present)

• Session co-organizer and co-chair, Innovative Teacher Training Programs in Earth Science, AGU Fall 2007 Meeting

• Session organizer and co-chair, Early Undergraduate Research Experiences, GSA Fall 2007 Meeting

• Session co-organizer and co-chair, Effective Online Strategies for Teaching Geoscience at a Distance, GSA Fall 2006 Meeting

• Session co-chair, REU at 25: Its Impact on Undergraduate Education, GSA Fall 2005 Meeting

• Session co-chair, Geoscience Education Oral Session, GSA Fall 2004 Meeting

• Session co-organizer and co-chair, Field and Research Experiences for Students at Two-Year Colleges, GSA Annual Meeting 2003

• Session organizer and co-chair, Educational Issues in Teaching and Research at Two-Year Colleges, GSA Annual Meeting 2002

• Session organizer and moderator for Council on Undergraduate Research's 2002 National Conference, "Research at Two-Year Campuses." (2002)

• Session Chair, Geoscience Education Poster Session, AGU Spring 2000 Meeting

• Participant on NSF Review Panels, CCLI-A&I (2003, 2004, 2005), CCLI-EMD (2002), STEMTP (2001), Washington D.C.

• Reviewer for a book chapter for a volume on "Field Geology Education - Historical Perspectives and Modern Approaches," Geological Society of America Special Papers series (October 2008)

• Reviewer of manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Geoscience Education (2000, 1 in 2004, 1 in 2005)

• Reviewer of manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering (1 in 2004, 1 in 2005)

• Reviewer for Chernicoff/Fox/Tanner's Physical and Historical Geology textbook (Houghton Mifflin) (2000)

• Reviewer for Plummer/McGeary/Carlson's Physical Geology textbook (WCB/McGraw-Hill) (1998)

Career Day participant, Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center (March 31, 2004; November 6, 2003)

Science Judge at: George Washington Carver Science Fair (Philadelphia, Spring 2008); Delaware County Science Fair (Pennsylvania, Spring 2002); CO/WY Regional National Ocean Science Bowl competition (Colorado, Spring 2001); Denver Metropolitan Regional Science Fair (Colorado, Spring 2001); Spotsylvania High School Science Fair (Virginia, Spring 2000)