This is a highly abbreviated list of career service activities—the academic “causes” where I choose to donate my time and talents.
Teacher Education
- Chairperson, Department of Secondary and Special Education
- Graduate Program Coordinator, Educational Technology M.Ed
- Undergraduate Course Coordinator for Initial Field Experience course and Technology Modules
- NCATE Program Assessor for School Library Media and Educational Technology
- Systematic Pedagogy Undergraduate Curriculum Revision
- Teach for a New Era Learning Network Participant
- Chair of master’s thesis projects in technology in teacher education
- Manuscript and proposal reviewer for various teacher education associations and academic journals
Educational Technology
- Founder, ADP Collaboratory@MSU
- Online Learning Faculty Contract Negotiations Team Member
- Blackboard Courseware Advisory Group Member
- Moodle Courseware Pilot Study Participant
- Mobile Computing Laptop Initiative Committee Member
- Manuscript and proposal reviewer for various ed tech associations and academic journals
Media Literacy Education
- First Vice President, National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)
- Aspen Institute Roundtable Participant (“Informing Communities: Democracy in the Digital Age”)
- Conference Program Chair, National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE)
- Co-editor, Journal of Media Literacy Education (JMLE)
- Founding editorial board member, Journal of Digital and Media Literacy (JoDML)
- Advisory Board Member, International Family Film Festival
- External Committee Member for Doctoral Dissertations in Media Literacy Education
- Manuscript and proposal reviewer for various media literacy associations and academic journals
Democratic Practice
- Internal Vice President, American Federation of Teachers Local 1904
- Faculty Coordinator, American Federation of Teachers Local 1904
- Negotiations Team and Grievance Officer, American Federation of Teachers Local 1904
- MSU College of Education and Human Services University Elections Committee Chair
- Department Personnel Actions Committee Member