Continuing Education Courses Offered

** I am currently seeking new opportunities to make a meaningful difference in the Los Angeles area! I encourage anyone with ideas to reach out via the 'contact' section of this site.**

Recent Service to the Community:

• Invited speaker, Homeboy Industries, Los Angeles, CA. “Pathways to College” Program. Presentation topics: “Self-Efficacy,” “Imposter Syndrome,” “Defining Forgiveness,” “Breaking Down Stigma,” “Building Self-Efficacy after Incarceration” (2021- present)
• Invited speaker, “The Transitions Program” at Mount Sinai’s Rehabilitation Center, New York City, NY Presentation topics:  “Reconstructing Identity after Traumatic Loss,” "Defining Forgiveness as Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Extrapersonal.” (2017, 2018)

Previous Service to the Community:

• Advisory Council Member:  Sexual Assault & Crime Victims Assistance Program for Rensselaer County
• Victim Advocate Mentor:  Bethlehem Youth Court, Bethlehem, NY
• Intern: Center for Law and Justice, Albany, NY
• Special Projects Coordinator: Community Empowerment Center, Albany, NY

At WeAreLAToo, our goal is to raise awareness about stigma and its effects at Cal State LA. We aim to provide resources and to create a brave space for students, faculty, staff, and alumni to share their lived experiences without judgment. Most importantly, we aim to create an easily-accessible space where people can feel connected to one another through the sharing of stories, reminding each that they are not alone in their journey at Cal State LA.

Routledge Book Proposal Reviewer, Criminology and Criminal Justice (2024)

Field Expert: Praise of Interpersonal Violence: Meta Content Policy Team (2022)

Insight Grant Proposal Reviewer: Social Sciences and Humanities: Research Council of Canada (2020)

Victimization Topical Expert: Homicide Co-Victimization: Office for Victims of Crime, Center for Victim Research (2018 - 2019)

Service to the California State University System

• Planning Board member: Faculty-Led Curricular Design for Student Achievement in the CSU (2019 - 2023)

Service to the University; CalStateLA:

• Institutional Review Board, Prisoner Representative (2019 - present)
• Faculty Learning Community Lead, CSULA (Faculty-Led Curricular Design for Student Achievement in the CSU) (2019-2023)
• Chapter Advisor: The National Society of Leadership and Success; CalState, LA (2022)
• CSU Certificate Program in Student Success Analytics
• Culture and Emotion in Individual & Collective Empowerment; Civic and Social Entrepreneurship Summit (2018)

 Service to the University; SUNY Albany:

• President's Blue Ribbon Panel for Part-Time and Contingent Concerns, SUNY Albany
• Institutional Review Board: SUNY, Albany
• Selection Committee: Excellence Awards in Teaching, SUNY Albany
• Future Faculty Leadership Council: Institute for Teaching, Learning and Academic Leadership, SUNY Albany

Service to the Department of Sociology at CalStateLA:

• Graduate Program Director, Department of Sociology (2018 - present)
• Graduate Program Modifications Committee (chair) (2023 - present)
• Civic Learning Working Group (2018 - 2022)
• Sociology Student Affairs Committee: CSULA (2017 - 2018, 2022-2023)
• Assessment Committee and Ten Year Review (2018)
• Qualitative Research and Writing Course Redesign Committee (2017 - 2018)

Service to the Department of Sociology at SUNY Albany:

• Teaching Committee: Sociology Department, SUNY Albany