Executive Council member, Center for Advances in Libraries, Museums & Archives (CALMA), University of Washington, 2024-2026.
Board member, Miami Children's Museum Education Advisory Board, 2022 - 2023.
Chair, Museum Studies Network, American Alliance of Museums, 2020-2022.
Education Committee, Museum of Flight's STEM Boeing Academy, 2015-2020.
Vice President, Professional Development, Visitor Studies Association, 2013-2015.
Treasurer, Visitor Studies Association, 2011-2013.
Conference Program Co-Chair, Visitor Studies Association, 2010.
Advisor, REDEFINE visitor studies, Institute of Museum and Library Services-funded grant awarded to the Visitor Studies Association, 2023-2025.
Advisor, Museums for All impact study, Institute of Museum and Library Services-funded grant awarded to Thanksgiving Point, 2023-2025.
Chair, Advisory Board, Building insights through observation: Researching arts-based methods for teaching and learning with data, National Science Foundation-funded grant awarded to the Nurture Nature Center, 2021-2025.
Advisor, Supporting families’ collective agency as learners in science centers through an integrated agenda of research and practice, National Science Foundation-funded grant awarded to New York Hall of Science, 2021-2026.
Chair, Research Advisory Board, interPLAY: Early learners developing STEM skills through play and design, National Science Foundation-funded grant awarded to the Association of Children's Museums and the STEM Research Center at Oregon State University, 2020-2023.
Chair, Advisory Board, Literature Review and Synthesis: Examining the role of authenticity in informal science learning, National Science Foundation-funded grant awarded to the University of Long Beach, 2020-2022.
Research Advisor, STELLAR Phase Two: Strategies for technology enhanced learning and literacy through art, Oregon Department of Education-funded grant awarded to the College of Education, University of Oregon, 2018-2020.
Chair, Research Advisory Board, LEAP: Cultivating a national network in informal science and literacy, National Science Foundation-funded grant awarded to The Franklin Institute Science Museum, 2017-2020.
Advisor, Prairie Science: Integrating STEM and History, National Science Foundation-funded grant awarded to Connor Prairie Interactive History Project, 2012-2016.
Advisor, Art of Science Learning, National Science Foundation-funded grant awarded to Balboa Park Cultural Collaborative, 2012-2015.
Research Advisor, Room to Rise: The lasting impact of intensive teen programs in art museums, Institute of Museum and Library Services-funded grant awarded to the Whitney Museum of American Art, 2011-2014.
Research Advisor, Gender Research Study, National Science Foundation-funded grant awarded to The Franklin Institute Science Museum, 2010-2012.
Book proposal reviewer: Routledge Anthropology, Archaeology, and Museum Heritage Studies.
Journal article reviewer: Communication Studies, Curator: The Museum Journal, Museum & Society, International Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship, Leisure Sciences, Science Education, and Visitor Studies.
Grant proposal reviewer: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Science Foundation, and the Swiss National Science Foundation.