Service
Like in my research and teaching, I take an active role in completing service within my department, my institution, and the wider profession. These experiences have helped me crystalize and bring to fruition a longstanding commitment to mentoring and professional service.
Service at the University of Toronto
While faculty at the University of Toronto, I have served on committees across several levels of the institution. I am a member of the OISE Council and the Department of Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning Council, both of which are subsidiaries of the larger faculty governing body at the University. Within the department, I have served on the Awards Committee (reading and ranking graduate award applications); the Research Action Committee (supporting faculty research); the Appeals Committee; and I am a faculty representative for the Progression through the Ranks. Annually, I also serve on the Admissions Committee and I assist with the hiring of sessional lecturers for the Master of Teaching program.
Additionally, in 2021, I was selected as a Faculty Associate Editor for Curriculum Inquiry.
Service at Michigan State University
As a doctoral student at MSU, I was a representative on three different departmental committees: the Faculty Advisory to the Chair Committee, the Doctoral Education Committee, and the Doctoral Mentoring Committee. I assisted in framing the Department of Teacher Education statement of purpose and organizing programs about academic writing. I facilitated induction programs related to the doctoral student experience.
Additionally, I obtained two teaching and learning fellowships--one situated in MSU's Residential College in the Arts and Humanities and the other co-located in the MSU Graduate School and MSU's Hub for Innovation in Learning and Technology. Through these fellowships, I engaged faculty and doctoral colleagues in critical conversations about teaching and learning in the university. In 2017, I was a recipient of a MSU Council of Graduate Students Disciplinary Leadership Award for my contributions.
Service to the Profession
Through membership in professional organizations, I actively engage in national service. I have held numerous leadership roles within the American Educational Research Association. For example, I was a co-chair for the Language and Social Processes SIG’s mentoring session for eight years and served as the Chair of the Media, Culture and Learning SIG for two years. Previously, I have served on Awards Committees for the Critical Perspectives in Early Childhood Education SIG and the Writing & Literacies SIG as well as the 2021 nominating committee for the Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education) Secretary. Additionally, while a doctoral student, I was a committee chair for the Division G student executive committee. Within the Literacy Research Association, I have served on the Executive Committee as the Parliamentarian since the fall of 2019. Across these leadership roles, I help foster space for early career scholars and doctoral students to network and engage with senior scholars.