Working with the Dean of the College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Art, I became coordinator for the Global Human Rights Initiative. I worked to fund research projects for faculty members and have been developing new interdisciplinary teaching fellowships.

Period Products on Campus (2022)

Working with the Dean of the College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Art, I successfully proposed funding for tampons/pads for all women’s and unisex bathrooms, as well as selected men’s bathrooms. 2022-2023 will be a year where the program is installed in selected buildings, while all bathrooms should have them by 2023-2024. To see the proposal, go here.

Statement of Support for Trans and LGBTQIA+ Community

For the first time, Texas A&M University-Commerce released a statement of support emphasizing inclusivity, by drawing upon its vision and foundational principles, focusing particularly on the trans and LGBTQIA+ Community. I proposed this statement with Faculty Senate, and then collaborated with the Staff Council and the Student Government Association to see it through. See the statement here.

Wrote the MA/MFA Graduate Handbook

In 2017, I completed the Department of Art’s first graduate handbook for the MA/MFA students. Since this had not been done before, the forty page document contained schedules for completion of the degree for various types of students (part-time/full-time, year-round or summer only, etc.). The handbook also explained in detail the candidacy and exhibition process, while providing written guidelines and forms to create order for the program as well as provide student with a better way to succeed in the program.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2020-2022 Successfully advocated for and helping implement the installation of menstrual products across campus

2021-2023 Faculty Senate, Texas A&M-Commerce

2012-present Gender Studies Advisory Committee, Texas A&M-Commerce

2020-2021 Career Coach, Hiring Committee Review, College of Humanities, Art, and Social Sciences

2018- 2019 Tenure and Promotion Committee, College of Humanities, Art, and Social Sciences

2015-2018 Liberal Studies Advisory Committee, Texas A&M-Commerce

2011-2018 Visual Arts Committee, Texas A&M-Commerce

2012-2016 Faculty Adviser to the Women in Leadership Learning Community, Texas A&M-Commerce

2011-2015 Faculty Development Grants Committee, Texas A&M-Commerce

2012-2013 Faculty Senate, Texas A&M-Commerce

2009-2011 Women Studies Advisory Board, St. Cloud State

DEPARTMENT SERVICE

2018-2019 Department of Art Library Liaison, Texas A&M-Commerce

2017-2019 Curriculum Committee, Texas A&M-Commerce

2014- 2019 QEP Mentor, Texas A&M-Commerce

2014-2018 Gallery Committee, Texas A&M-Commerce

2017 Created MFA/MA Studio Art Handbook and Guidelines, Texas A&M-Commerce

2012-2015 Promotion/Tenure Development Committee, Texas A&M-Commerce

2012-2015 Curriculum Committee, Texas A&M-Commerce

2012-2013 Development of the Art History Major, Texas A&M-Commerce

2009-2011 Gallery Committee, St. Cloud State

2009-2011 Library Resources Committee, St. Cloud State

2009-2011 Modernized the Art History Major, St. Cloud State

ACADEMIC SERVICE

2018, 2022 Outside Referee in Tenure and Promotion Cases: Missouri Western State University, Indiana University Southwest

2018- Peer Reviewer/Advisory Board, Americana: The Journal of American Popular Culture, 1900 to Present

2016- Peer Reviewer, Art History Pedagogy and Practice

2013- Contributor, ArtFocus Oklahoma

2019- Editorial Board, Palgrave Studies in (Re)Presenting Gender

2020 Conference Submission Reviewer, Fourth Annual Missouri-Western State University and Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art Undergraduate Art History Symposium

2019 External Reviewer for the Art History Program, Kansas City Art Institute, February 2019

2016 AP Art History Exam Reader, CollegeBoard and Educational Testing Services, 2016.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

College Art Association 

American Association of Museums 

International Council on Museums

Popular Culture Association 

Women’s Art Caucus 

Southeastern College Art Conference 

American Culture Association