Service

Whether it’s service to my school, the university, professional organizations, or the broader community, I view service as a mechanism for giving back. Service on committees also allows me to network with and learn from individuals from a wide spectrum of our community.

Search Committees: Over the years, I have served on dozens of search committees for filling important faculty and staff positions across the campus. In my role as the Associate Dean, I serve as the chair of the school search committee that makes hiring recommendations to the dean for all full-time faculty positions in the school. Some other positions for which I have served on the search committees include UMD Chancellor (2010), UMD Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (2016), UMD AVC for Academic Administration (2008), Director of UMD International Education Office (2005), Director of UMD Career and Internship Services (2019), and Director of UMD Continuing Education (2016).

Awards Selection Committees: I completed a three year term (2014-17) as a member of the selection committee for the University of Minnesota Horace T. Morse teaching award, the university’s highest honor for undergraduate teaching. As a member, I had the privilege of reviewing and learning from dozens of dossiers of colleagues from across the UM system who excelled in the art of teaching. For three years (2005-2008), I also served on UMD’s Chancellor's Research Award Committee, where I got to review the amazing research work being done on our campus, across all collegiate units. In addition, I have served as a panelist to select winners for scholarships, web contests, and research funds.

Board Member: I served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Goodwill Industries Vocational Enterprises, Inc., Duluth from 2015 to 2019. I served as the board's secretary, chaired the board’s sub-committee on Retail Sales, and served as a member of the Finance and Budget sub-committee. In Summer 2021, I joined the board of Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank. I serve as the Treasurer and chair of the board's Finance Committee.

Service to the Profession: I served on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of E-Business Research from 2005 to 2021. I regularly review manuscripts for scholarly journals and conference proceedings. Journals for which I’ve served as an ad hoc reviewer include: Marketing Science, Marketing Letters, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Marketing Education, Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, and AMS Review. Academic conferences for which I’ve provided reviewing services include: SCP Conference, ACR Conference, Fordham Pricing Conference, Summer AMA, Marketing Educators' Association Conference, AMS Multicultural Marketing Conference, and Winter AMA. From 2011 to 2015, I served as the Executive Membership Manager of the Association for Consumer Research, world’s largest association of consumer research scholars.