Service to the Community
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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
Leading Students in Creating Community
Through ongoing student-led endeavors, the WeAreLAToo team aims to:
- Create and maintain a brave space for students, faculty, staff, and alumni to share their lived experiences without judgment, fostering connection through story-telling
- Raise awareness about stigma and its effects
- Connect marginalized students to relevant and timely resources and support
Service within, and beyond, the Discipline
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 University
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:
- Faculty Development and Community Engagement Coordinator, Prison Graduation Initiative (2024 - present\)
- Faculty Fellow for Career Engagement, Center for Effective Teaching and Learning (2024 - present)
- 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
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
Service Awards/Grants
California State University, Los Angeles
- 2020 Exceptional Levels of Service to Students
Project: Data-Driven, Student-Centered, Student-Led Vet Net at CalStateLA
- 2019 Exceptional Levels of Service to Students
Project: Development of a Vet Net Student Ambassador Program
- 2019 Community Engagement Projects Grant, Center for Engagement, Service, and the Public Good
Project: Service Learning Research Team- Vet Net Ally Awareness Project
- 2018 Community Engagement Projects Grant, Center for Engagement, Service, and the Public Good
Project: Student Service Learning Coordinator- LA Regional Food Bank, Seeds of Hope
- 2017 Mind Matters Champion Award: Mind Matters Initiative, California State University, Los Angeles