Service

When I am not writing, I contribute to the sociological community in multiple ways. See below for my latest activities:

To the Department

• Graduate student recruitment activities at ASA and at Ohio State University.
• Cohort representative and service committee. Sociology Graduate Student Association. Ohio State University.

To the University

• Research judge and Student Mentor. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. Ohio State University.

To the Profession

• Website Committee; Newsletter Committee. Section on Inequality, Poverty and Mobility, American Sociological Association.
• Session Convener at national conferences for the Association for the Sociology of Religion and Social Scientific Study of Religion.

To the Broader Community

• 2009 City of Abilene Consolidated Plan
• Abilene Independent School District Obesity Project
• 2007 & 2008 Abilene City Survey: Neighborhood and Community Services