Leadership & Service
In the Profession
Co-founder and Steering Committee Member, Diversity, Decolonization, and the German Curriculum(DDGC) Scholarly Collective (2016-present)
Co-founder and Co-Convener, Central Eastern and Southern European Cinema Studies Network (2021-present)
Delegate Assembly Member, Modern Language Association (2022-2025)
CAUTG, Dissertation Award Adjudicating Committee (2020-2021)
CAUTG, Peer Reviewer for 2021 Annual Conference Program (2020-2021)
GSA, Queer and Trans Studies Interdisciplinary Research Network co-chair (2022)
GSA, Best Graduate Student Essay Contest Adjudication Committee (2020-2021)
Executive Committee Second Language Teaching & Learning, Modern Language Association (2020-2025)
Awards to Scholarly Publications Committee, Federation for the Humanities & Social Sciences (2020-23)
Co-Chair, Central/East/South European Cinemas Scholarly Interest Group, SCMS (2019-2022)
Chair of the Adjudication Committee for the Best Essay in Central/East/South European Cinemas
Testing Chair, American Association of Teachers of German Houston Chapter (2017-18)
Chair, Small German Programs Special Interest Group, ACTFL (2017-19)
AP Reader German Culture (2015-18)
Graduate Student Caucus of the Modern Languages, Vice President (2012), President (2013)
Editorial Work
Founding Co-Editor, Augenblick: A Journal for Undergraduate German Studies (2022-present)
Founding Co-Editor, Diversity, Decolonization, and the German Curriculum Blog (2017-present)
Editorial Board Member, Women, Gender and Sexuality in German Literature and Culture, Peter Lang
Editorial Board Member, Feminist German Studies (2022-2025)
Editorial Board Member, Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature (2020-present)
Peer Reviewer: Gegenwartsliteratur, The Germanic Review, Central European History; Journal of Language, Identity, and Education; Second Language Research & Praxis; Feminist Formations; The German Quarterly; Seminar; Monatshefte; Feminist German Studies; Unterrichtspraxis; Cinema&Cie; INTERTEXTS: A Journal of Comparative and Theoretical Reflection; SAGE Open; EDGE: A Graduate Journal in German and Scandinavian Studies
Book Manuscript/Proposal Reviewer: McGill-Queen’s University Press, Palgrave, de Gruyter, University of Toronto Press, Bloomsbury, McGraw-Hill
Founding Editor and Editorial Board Member, The Grad Caucus Chronicle (2013-15)
The University of British Columbia
Faculty of Arts, Faculty Grants Adjudication Committee, 2023-24
CENES Lecturer Reappointment Review, Peer Reviewer, 2022
UBC Public Humanities Hub Steering Committee, 2020-2023
CENES Donor & Development Working Group, 2022–23
CENES Academic Funds, Awards, and Grants Committee Chair, 2021-23
CENES Nordic Studies Tenure-Track Search Committee, 2021-22
CENES Modern European Studies Renewal Committee, 2021-23
CENES 5-year Strategic Planning and Hiring Committee, 2021-22
UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Awards Adjudication Committee, 2020, 2022
CENES German Undergraduate Program Revision Taskforce (2019-2021; chair 2019-2020)
CENES Merit Guidelines Revision & Merit Committee, 2019-21
CENES Graduate Advisory Committee, 2019-22
CENES M.A. Examinations Committee, 2019-20; 2021-22
CENES Communications Committee, 2019-20
CENES Ziegler Lecture Committee, 2019-20
CENES TA Assignment Committee, 2019-22
Bachelor of Media Studies Program Admissions Committee, 2019
CENES Search Assistant Professor of German (Without Review), 2019
CENES Departmental Standing Committee, 2018-present
CENES Department Graduate Awards Committee, 2018-present
Sam Houston State University
Co-Chair, Diversity Committee for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (2016-18)
Co-Founder and Co-Director, CHSS Diversity and Inclusion Undergraduate Fellowship (2017-18)
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Diversity Reading Program (2016-18)
University-Wide Diversity Committee (2017-18)
Tenure-Track Faculty Searches in French and Spanish (2016-17)
Study Abroad Scholarship Committee (2016-18)
International Students Advisory Committee (2016-18)
Steering Committee and Co-Founder, SHSU LGBTQI* Faculty and Staff Network (2015-18)
Faculty Adviser for German Conversation and Culture Club (2015-18)
Faculty Adviser for Delta Phi Alpha German National Honors Society (2015-18)
World Languages and Cultures Curriculum & Assessment Committee (2015-18)
World Languages and Cultures Recruitment & Special Events Committee (2015-18) Committee Chair (2017-18)
World Languages and Cultures Stipends & Scholarships Committee (2015-18)
Washington University in St. Louis
Program Coordinator for Diversity/Leadership Development, Liberman Graduate Center (2015)
Graduate Student Advisory Board, Olin Library (2014-15)
Discussion Leader, First Year Reading Program (2014)
German Department Lecture Committee (2013-15)
Vice President for Communication and Member of Executive Board, Graduate Student Senate (2013-14)
Chair, Graduate Student Senate Diversity and Inclusiveness Committee (2013-15)
Convener, Departmental Brown Bag Lecture Series (2011-12)
Executive Board Member OUTgrads, Graduate LGBTQIA Group (2011-12)
Graduate Student Representative to the Faculty, German Department (2010-11)
Annual German Graduate Student Symposium Executive Committee (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014)
Regular Volunteer for Departmental Events Including German Day, Pizza Pause, Kaffeestunde, Bi-Annual St. Louis Symposium, among others