When I think about the word “service” Dave Gunning and George Canyon’s song “These Hands” plays in my head. It won the 2013 Song of the Year at the East Coast Music Awards. Check it out. The chorus goes “Tell me what shall I do with these hands of mine?….The world could use a hero of the human kind.  We build the organizations and societies of which we are members. Here you can see some of the ways I’ve helped create the organizations of which I am a member. 

ASSOCIATION SERVICE
  • Manuscript reviewer for the Organizational Communication Division of the International Communication Association’s Annual Meeting (2011, 2013)
  • Southern States Communication Association’s (SSCA) 2001 representative to the National Communication Association’s Nominating Committee (2001).
  • Nominating committee, SSCA’s Communication Theory Division (1997).
  • Member, SSCA’s Placement Committee (1996).
  • Secretary, SSCA’s Communication Theory Division (1993-1996).
  • Chair, nominating committee, SSCA’s Communication Theory Division (1997).
  • Served either as panel chair or respondent at SSCA annual meetings from 1990-1995.
  • Reviewed articles submitted to the Cognition Division of the Academy of Management for presentation at the 1991 and 1992 annual meeting.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
  • Climate Reality Leadership Corp member (2015-present).
  • UARK Federal Credit Union, board chair (2010), board member (2006-2012), board vice president (2007), ALCO committee chair (2008, 2011)
  • The Northwest Arkansas Dependency-Neglect/FINS Mediation project, volunteer mediator (2000-2002)
EDITORIAL SERVICE
  • Editorial board of Management Communication Quarterly (2000-present).
  • Editorial board of The Western Communication Journal (2013).
  • Editorial board of The Southern Communication Journal (1993-1995, 2004-2008).
  • Editorial board of Communication Studies (2002-2005)
  • Editorial board of the American Communication Journal (2001-2002).
  • Book Review Editor, the Southern Communication Journal (2002-2005).
  • Special Issue Editor of an issue of the American Communication Journal (2002) focusing on Creativity and Communication Scholars.
  • Editorial board of the Quarterly Journal of Speech (1999-2003).
  • Reviewer for Management Communication Quarterly, Western Journal of Communication, Journal of Management, Journal of Managerial Issues, Communication Yearbook (2002), Journal of Marriage and the Family, Southern Communication Journal, Journal of Business Communication, Information & Management, Journal of Economic Psychology, Communication and Sport.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
  • Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences Personnel and Tenure Committee, 2015-present.
  • Member, Applied Sustainability Center Advisory Council, 2011-present
  • Member, Sustainability Curriculum Steering Committee, 2012-2014
  • Advisor, Student Sustainability Council (2011-2013)
  • Academic Programs Committee (2011-2013)
  • Chair of University Core Curriculum Committee (2011-2013)
  • Reviewer, research grant applications, Honor’s College (2011)
  • Cohort Leader, First Year Graduate Student Orientation (2011, 2012)
  • Faculty Senate (2009-2011)
  • Sustainability Council (2008-2012)
  • Technology Fee Review Committee (2008-2010)
  • Traffic Appeals Court (2007-2009).
  • Chair of the Research Council (2007), member (2005-2007)
  • Chair of the Research Council Investigative Committee (2007)
  • Faculty Committee on Admission of Transfer Credit (2005-2008), member.
  • Chair of Committee on Committees (2007), member (2005-2007).
  • Steering Committee for grants program available to faculty for professional career development connected to any discipline that studies community. This funding is available by the Bernice Jones Endowed Chair in Community (2006-2011).
  • Steering Committee for the Difficult Dialogues Project funded by the Ford Foundation (2006-2008).
  • Campus Climate Committee (2004-2007), member.
  • University Promotion and Tenure Committee (2000-2002), member.
  • University of Arkansas Press Committee (1998-2000), member.
  • Represented the University of Arkansas in Saudi Arabia and Jordan (1997).
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
  • Department Graduate Coordinator (2011-present)
  • Department of Communication Undergraduate Committee (2005-2008)
  • Departmental Honors Director (2006-2011)
  • Department of Communication Executive Committee (1994-2000; 2006-2007. 2010-2012, 2015 to present)
  • Department of Communication Graduate Committee (1997-2000; 2002-2005)
  • Co-director of the Undergraduate Program (2000-2002)
  • Faculty Secretary (1996-2002)
  • Internship Coordinator (1995-2001)
  • Internal Reviewer for Institutional Review Board protocols (1995-2000)
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
  • Letter writer for scholars seeking promotion to Full Professor: Dr. Rebecca Chory, Department of Communication Studies, West Virginia University  and Dr. Virginia Kupritz, School of Communication Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Sponsored visiting Fulbright Researchers and Scholars: Elena Samoilik (2011) from Belarus; Zarfa Hrnjic (2011) from Croatia; Irena Turovskaya (2012) from Belarus