Internal service to the university, college, and department at Valdosta State University and USG

2011-present     Chair/ Vice Chair (Chair starting Fall 2012), IRB Committee, Valdosta State University

2010-present     Member, Assessment Committee, College of Arts & Sciences

2007-present     Member, IRB Committee, Valdosta State University

2005-present     Member, VSU International Advisory Council

2005-present     Co-Director, Summer Study in China – General Studies Program, Asia Council of the

University System of Georgia

2001-present     VSU representative on the Asia Council of the University System of Georgia

2011-2012        Member of Search Committee for vacant faculty positions in criminal justice, Dept. of

Soc/Ant/CJ

2010-2011        Member of Search Committee for vacant faculty positions in sociology, Dept. of

Soc/Ant/CJ

2009-2010        Member, Minority and Diversity Issues Committee, Valdosta State University

2003 & 2009     Chair of the Personnel Committee, Department of Soc., Anthropology., and Criminal Justice

2002-2009        Member of Search Committee for vacant faculty positions in criminal justice, Dept. of

Soc/Ant/CJ

2004-2007        Member (Chair in 2004-2005), Science Seminar Committee, College of Arts & Sciences

2005-2006        Member, VSU University Council

2003-2006        Faculty Senator, College of Arts and Sciences, VSU

2004-2006        Member, Steering Committee, Applied Research Center, College of Arts and Sciences

2003-2006        Member (Chair in 2005), Student Services Committee, VSU Faculty Senate

2003-2006        Member (Chair in 2004), Students Financial Aids Subcommittee, VSU Faculty Senate

External services

Journal reviewer for American Journal of Criminal Justice, Criminology, Criminal Justice Review, International Criminal Justice Review, Justice Quarterly, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, Journal of Crime & Justice, Journal of Criminal Justice Education, Journal of Quantitative Criminology, Journal of Asian Criminology, Policy Studies Journal and Review, Police Practice and Research, Social Forces, and Sociological Spectrum.

Served as a chair of session panel at annual meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Southern Criminal Justice Association, and International Society for Criminology.