Service

Department Service

2024-2027    Coordinator, Graduate Program

2024-2027    Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee

2023             Co-Chair, Sociology Student Research Symposium (SSRS) Committee

2022             Chair, Black Studies Position in Sociology Hiring Search Committee

2022             Member, Transnational Asian and Asian American Studies Position in Sociology Hiring Search Committee

2021-2024    Coordinator, Graduate Program

2021-2024    Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee

2021-2022    Member (Interim Chair Spring 2022), Assessment Committee

2021-present Member, ASC II Hiring Committee

2021-present Member, Student Award and Scholarship Committee

2020-present Member, Scheduling Committee

2020-present Member, Budget Committee

2019             Member, Latin American Studies Position in Sociology Hiring Search Committee

2018-present Member, Website, Brochure, Department Handbook Committee

2018-present Member (Chair 2021-2024), Graduate Program Committee

2018-present Member, Sociology Student Research Symposium (SSRS) Committee

2018-present Member, Curriculum Committee

2018-present Faculty Advisor, Sociology Club

University Service and Professional Development

2020-2023    Member, Judicial Review Board Committee

2020             Participant, Demystifying the Tenure Track Learning Community for Faculty of Color, The Division of Inclusive Excellence

2018-present Participant, Faculty Onboarding and Support Series, College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies

Professional Service

2024-2025    Co-Chair, Program Committee, Pacific Sociological Association, 2025 Annual Conference

2023-2025    Appointed Member, Committee on the Status of LGBTQ+ Persons in Sociology, Pacific Sociological Association, Two-Year Term

2022             Appointed Member, Social Conscience Committee, Pacific Sociological Association, One-Year Term

2022             Session Organizer, Presider, and Discussant, “Queering Curriculums and Classrooms,” Pacific Sociological Association, April 7-10, Sacrament, CA

2020             Session Organizer, Presider, and Discussant, “Complexities of Academia,” California Sociological Association, November 6-7

2020             Chair, Endowment Committee, Pacific Sociological Association, Interim One-Year Term

2019-2024    Appointed Member, Program Committee, Pacific Sociological Association, Continued One-Year Terms

2019-2020    Invited Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Young Adult Sexuality in the Digital Age, edited by Rachel Kalish. IGI Global

2019             Presider, “Crime, Law, and Deviance,” American Sociological Association, August 10-13, New York, NY

2019             Session Presider and Discussant, “Crime, Law, and Deviance II,” Pacific Sociological Association, March 28-31, Oakland, CA

2019             Session Organizer and Presider, “Education-Higher Education,” Pacific Sociological Association, March 28-31, Oakland, CA

2019             Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography and Social Problems

2018             Session Presider and Discussant, “Social Psychology, Identity, and Emotions,” Pacific Sociological Association, March 28-31, Long Beach, CA

2018             Session Organizer and Presider, “Student Mentoring and Support,” Pacific Sociological Association, March 28-31, Long Beach, CA

2017-2019    Appointed Member, Endowment Committee, Pacific Sociological Association, Three-Year Term

2017             Appointed Member, The Herbert Blumer Paper Award Committee, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction

2017             Session Presider and Discussant, “Crime, Law, and Deviance I,” Pacific Sociological Association, April 6-9, Portland, OR

2017             Session Organizer and Presider, “Navigating New Territory in Undergraduate Teaching,” Pacific Sociological Association, April 6-9, Portland, OR

2016             Session Organizer, Discussant, and Presider, “Deviance, Identities, and the Life Course,” SSSI, August 19-21, Seattle, WA

2016             Ad Hoc Reviewer, Qualitative Sociology and Work and Occupations

2016             Session Presider and Discussant, “Food and Society,” Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, March 30-April 2, Oakland, CA

2016             Session Organizer and Presider, “Early Career Faculty Experiences,” Pacific Sociological Association, March 30-April 2, Oakland, CA

2014-2015    Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Criminal Justice and Advances in Life Course Research

2013-2014    Ad Hoc Reviewer, McGill Sociological Review

2013-2014    Elected Central Region Graduate Student Representative to Council, Pacific Sociological Association, Two-Year Term

2013             Session Presider and Discussant, “Queer Subjectivities,” Pacific Sociological Association, March 21-24, Reno, NV

2011             Session Organizer and Presider, “Current Research on Service Occupations,” Pacific Sociological Association, March 10-13, Seattle, WA

Community Service and Outreach

2021-present Volunteer, Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary, Sacramento, CA

2021             Consultant, Sacramento LGBT Community Center, LGBTQ+ COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Survey, Sacramento, CA

2020-2022    Volunteer, Jail Visitation Consultation Program, Loaves & Fishes, Sacramento, CA

2019-2020    Volunteer, Dining Room Cook and Serve Program, Loaves & Fishes, Sacramento, CA

2018-present Volunteer, Jensen Botanical Garden Maintenance Program, Carmichael, CA

2017-2018    Blood Donor, New York Blood Center, New York, NY

2016-2018    Volunteer, Cove Animal Rescue, Glen Cove, NY

2012             Volunteer, Second Harvest Food Bank, San Jose, CA

2003-2004    Volunteer and Intern, Coalition on Homelessness, San Francisco, CA

2002-2004    Co-President, Homeless Awareness Project (HAP), Saint Mary’s College of California

2003             Volunteer Academic Advisor, Lasallian Educational Opportunities Center, Oakland, CA

2002             SHAWCO Development Organization Volunteer in Nyanga and Khayelitsha Townships, Cape Town, South Africa