Leadership and Service 

In the Profession
  • Editorial Board Member, Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature (2020- )
  • Executive Committee Second Language Teaching & Learning, Modern Language Association (2020-2025)
  • Co-founder and Steering Committee Member, Diversity, Decolonization, and the German Curriculum (DDGC) Scholarly Collective (2016-present)
  • Awards to Scholarly Publications Committee, Federation for the Humanities & Social Sciences (2020-23)
  • Co-Chair, Central/East/South European Cinemas Scholarly Interest Group, SCMS (2019-2022)
  • Testing Chair, American Association of Teachers of German Houston Chapter (2017-18)
  • Chair, Small German Programs Special Interest Group, ACTFL (2017-19)
  • AP Reader German Culture (2015-18)
  • Co-Editor, Diversity, Decolonization, and the German Curriculum Blog
  • Peer Reviewer: The German Quarterly; Seminar; Monatshefte; Feminist German Studies; Unterrichtspraxis; Cinema&Cie; INTERTEXTS: A Journal of Comparative and Theoretical Reflection; SAGE Open; EDGE: A Graduate Journal in German and Scandinavian Studies
  • Manuscript/Proposal Reviewer: Bloomsbury, McGraw-Hill
  • Founding Editor and Editorial Board Member, The Grad Caucus Chronicle (2013-15)
  • Graduate Student Caucus of the Modern Languages, Vice President (2012), President (2013)

University of British Columbia 
  • UBC Public Humanities Hub Steering Committee, 2020-2021
  • CENES German Undergraduate Program Revision Taskforce, Chair (2019-2021)
  • CENES Merit Guidelines Revision & Merit Committee, 2019-20
  • CENES Graduate Advisory Committee, 2019-22
  • CENES M.A. Examinations Committee, 2019-20
  • CENES Communications Committee, 2019-20
  • CENES Ziegler Lecture Committee, 2019-20
  • CENES TA Assignment Committee, 2019-20
  • Bachelor of Media Studies Program Admissions Committee, 2019
  • CENES Search Assistant Professor of German (Without Review), 2019
  • CENES Departmental Standing Committee, 2018-present
  • CENES Department Graduate Awards Committee, 2018-present


Sam Houston State University
  • Co-Chair, Diversity Committee for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (2016-18)
    • Co-Founder and Co-Director, CHSS Diversity and Inclusion Undergraduate Fellowship Program (2017-18)
    • Co-Founder and Co-Director, Diversity Reading Program (2016-18)
  • University-Wide Diversity Committee (2017-18)
  • Tenure-Track Faculty Searches in French and Spanish (2016-17)
  • Study Abroad Scholarship Committee (2016-18)
  • International Students Advisory Committee (2016-18)
  • Steering Committee and Co-Founder, SHSU LGBTQI* Faculty and Staff Network (2015-18)
  • Faculty Adviser for German Conversation and Culture Club (2015-18)
  • Faculty Adviser for Delta Phi Alpha German National Honors Society (2015-18)
  • World Languages and Cultures Curriculum & Assessment Committee (2015-18)
  • World Languages and Cultures Recruitment & Special Events Committee (2015-18)
    • Committee Chair (2017-18)
  • World Languages and Cultures Stipends & Scholarships Committee (2015-18)

Washington University in St. Louis
  • Program Coordinator for Diversity & Inclusion and Leadership Development, Liberman Graduate Center (2015)
  • Graduate Student Advisory Committee, The Liberman Graduate Center (2014-15)
  • Graduate Student Advisory Board, Olin Library (2014-15)
  • Discussion Leader, First Year Reading Program (2014)
  • Peer Mentor, German Department  (2014-15)
  • Graduate Student Representative, German Department Lecture Committee (2013-15)
  • Vice President for Communication and Member of Executive Board, Graduate Student Senate (2013-14)
  • Chair, GSS Diversity Committee (2013-15)
  • Co-Convener, Academic Career Workshop Series (2011-12, 2013-14)
  • Convener, Departmental Brown Bag Lecture Series (2011-12)
  • Executive Board Member OUTgrads, Graduate LGBTQIA Group (2011-12)
  • Community Outreach Director, OUTgrads (2011-12)
  • German Department Senator, Graduate Student Senate (2011- 12)
  • Member, GSS Diversity Committee – Finalist for Bridging GAPS Award (2011- 12)
  • Member, GSS Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award Committee (2011- 12)
  • Graduate Student Representative to the Faculty, German Department (2010-11)
  • Annual German Graduate Student Symposium Executive Committee (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014)
  • Regular Volunteer for Departmental Events Including German Day, Pizza Pause, Kaffeestunde, Bi-Annual St. Louis Symposium, among others

University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Graduate Student Representative to the Faculty, German Department (2008-09)
  • Graduate Student Council (2008-09)