Service
Community Partners
Resources & Requests
Service
University
2006, 2007 New Faculty Orientation, "Advice I Wish I Had My First Year at UF" panel
2007-2009 Vice President, Association of Black Faculty and Staff (ABFS)
2007

Organized Honoring Ceremony for Daphne Duval-Williams (Radio story) (Newspaper story)

2006-present UF Phi Beta Kappa , Chapter Historian
2006-present UF Office of Admissions, Scholarships Appeal Committee
2005-present UF National Council of Negro Women ( NCNW ), Faculty Advisor
2005-07 Independent Alligator Student Newspaper climate change. Coalition Member
2005-present UF Jewels of Tau service organization, Faculty Advisor
2004-present Southeast Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (SEAGEP) $6.9 million grant (Anne Donnelly Program Director, Joe Glover Principal Investigator). Academic Committee Member, 2007 Annual Conference Presenter
2003-present UF Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, Advisory Council Board
2005-06 Faculty Senate Committee on Community Service-Learning, Member
2005/06 Faculty Diversity Roundtable, Participant
2005 UF Branding Focus Group. University Relations, Howard Pickett and Pete Hanley. Participant


College
2007 Rothman Chair of Humanities Center, Search Committee Member
2004/06 UF History Department "We the People" grants, External Letter of Support
2004/05 Guests: Shellian Smith, Office of Community Service lecture series and AFA/WST service-learning classes speaker (3-7 January); John Bracey, AASP Director Search Committee consultant (16-18 March). Visit Coordinator and Campus Host
2003-present Recruitment for Anthropology, History, Sociology, Counseling Center, Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations, and CLAS Associate Dean position searches, Participant


Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research
2007-08 Lecture Series Organizer, Gender Conversations, Brown Bag Lunch Discussions
2006 Florida Legislature's Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA), Review of UF Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research, Panel presentation organized by Dr. Milly Pena. July 26. Presenter, "Why Women's Studies and Community Service-Learning?"
2005 Hiring Committee, Assistant Professor, Transnational Feminist Studies
2005-2007 Merit Pay Committee, Member
2003-present Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research, Executive Board Member
2003-present Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research, Advisory Board


African American Studies Program
2006-08 Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Humanities Hiring Committee, Member
2004-07 Department Chair Hiring Committee, Member
2005-present Webmaster, AASP Web Development and Maintenance
2004-present Curriculum Development Committee and Co-chair Undergraduate Advising
2003-2004 35th Anniversary Celebration Committee


NATIONAL SERVICE

2009 ASALH. Conference Progam Committee Chair

2008-present Chicago Jazz Philharmonic. Board Member. (Orbert Davis, Artistic Director)

2008 American Educational Research Association. Outstanding Reviewer Award

2007-09 Executive Council for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, (ASALH).

EDITOR AND REVIEWER SERVICES
2008 Reviewed one book proposal for Alta Mira Press. June.
2008 Reviewed one journal article for Signs Journal. June.
2008 Reviewed one journal article for Review of Educational Research Journal. June.
2007 Reviewed one book proposal for Oxford University Press. December.
2007 Reviewed one book for Praeger Press. November.
2007 Reviewed one journal article for Black Women, Gender, & Families. July.
2007 Reviewed one journal article for American Educational Review Journal . June.
2006 Reviewed one article for Florida Historical Quarterly . October.
2006 Reviewed one journal article for American Educational Review Journal . August.
2006 Reviewed one book manuscript for University Press of Florida . July.
2004-06 Association of Black Women Historians Leticia Woods Book and Article Prize , Committee member. Reviewed 16 book and 4 article entries (2005); Reviewed 10 book entries (2006).
2004-05 American Historical Association Wesley-Logan Book Prize , Committee member. Reviewed over 50 book entries.
2004 Reviewed one article for Sex Roles: A Journal of Research
2001 Reviewed one special edition “Community Involvement: Theoretical Approaches and Educational Initiatives.” Issue Editors: Dr. Arthur A. Stukas and Dr. Michelle R. Dunlap. Journal of Social Issues: A Journal of The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (10 articles) 


A NOTE ON SERVICE

Below is a list of local community service projects I have participated in. Though there is no neat place to fit local community building activities in traditional Research I annual faculty reports, these events are an essential part of my work at the university. In order to increase diversity in higher education for future generations, it is imperative to introduce young people and those marginalized by race, gender, or class to college while they are in elementary and secondary stages of education. Below are my attempts to bridge the gap by connecting social outliers with information that will increase their knowledge of educational opportunity and to increase the probability of a more diverse student population in the future.

 
2003-present Board of Directors, Reichert House Gainesville, FL.
2007- Elected Board member, Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women.
2008 Researcher, Program Committee. Alpha Kappa Alpha History Luncheon. 100th Anniversary Celebration, Mu Upsilon Omega Chapter. Gainesville, FL. January 26.
2008 Guest speaker, Williams Elementary School. 70th Anniversary Celebration. Lecture, 4th grade: "African American History and Research Methods." Gainesville, FL. January 14.
2007 Women in the NAACP (WIN) Breakfast , Keynote Speaker. Annual Florida Statewide NAACP Convention. " Academic Women and the NAACP." Gainesville, FL. September 22.
2007 Guest speaker, UF Upward Bound Program . July 11.
2007 Presenter, "Education for Self-Determination. " Youth Summit II -- Girls (Resource and motivational workshop for adjudicated youth.) Sponsored by Department of Juvenile Justice, Alachua County Sheriff's Office, the Gainesville Police Department, Corner Drug Store, Alachua County School Board and Black on Black Crime Task Force. Gainesville, FL. June 11.
2007 Presenter, "Education for Self-Determination. " Youth Summit II -- Boys (Resource and motivational workshop for adjudicated youth.) Sponsored by Department of Juvenile Justice, Alachua County Sheriff's Office, the Gainesville Police Department, Corner Drug Store, Alachua County School Board and Black on Black Crime Task Force. Gainesville, FL. June 5.
2007 Presenter, "Women's History." Shands Hospital Eastside Education Series, Spring 2007. Gainesville, FL. June 5.
2007 Presenter, "Using the Experience of Others to Discover My Potential." A Women's Growth Workshop. Abiding Faith Christian Church. Gainesville, FL. April 21.
2007 Presenter, "Black History and Higher Education." Lincoln Middle School. Kenny
Watkins, 7th and 8th grade. (100 students). Gainesville, Florida. February 2.
2006 Presenter, "Options and Choices: Education and Freedom" at Lincoln Middle
School to 6th grade class (80 students). Gainesville, Florida. October 27.
2006 Presenter, First Annual Female Youth Summit . Sponsored by Department of Juvenile Justice, Alachua County Sheriff's Office, the Gainesville Police Department, Corner Drug Store, Alachua County School Board and Black on Black Crime Task Force. Eastside High School. July 17.
2006 Staff training, PACE Program for Girls . Led discussion about gender, culture, and effective mentoring for girls labeled "At-Risk." Gainesville, Florida. April 3.
2006 Presenter, PACE Program for Girls . "Girl Power: The Power of Higher Education in the Life of a Black Woman." Gainesville, Florida. March 20.
2005 Santa Fe High School . Mr. Kenny Watkins' junior and senior history and Black History classes. September 23.
2005 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc . Eta Tau Omega graduate chapter Fasionetta College and Career Day. Ocala, FL. September 17.
2005 "Harlem Nights." Annual Pageant Judge . Upward Bound . July 7.
2005 Attendee, Rosewood Historical Marker Dedication. May 4.
2005 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc . Precious Pearls, high school mentoring group, Guest Speaker. March 16.
2005 First Annual Alachua County History Fair Judge. Matheson Museum . Gainesville, FL.
2005 Guest speaker, UF Upward Bound Program . February 12.
2004 Workshop Presenter, Project Inspiration, Gainesville Detention Center (39th Avenue location). June 26.
2004 "Women Inspiring Hope and Possibility: How Black Women's History Saved My Life." Lancaster Correctional Institution Women's History Month event. Trenton, FL. March 29.
2005 UF Women's History Month: "What Women Want." Girl Scouts Art Exhibit Reception speaker. March 21.
2005 "The Relationship of Faith to Education: History of African Americans in College." Victory Church Black History Month Celebration. Melrose, FL. February.
2005 Guest Speaker. UF Upward Bound . Gainesville, FL. February 1.
2004 Attendee, Rosewood Peace and Healing Ceremony. Jan.1
2003 - 2004 Board of Directors, Big Brothers / Big Sisters Gainesville, FL.
2002 College Preparation Weekly Writing Workshop, Volunteer Teacher MET High School , Public Street Campus. Providence, RI. Fall semester.
2001-02 Co-consultant, New Road, Virginia Community Development Project . New Road, Virginia.
2001 Pathways to Excellence: After-school Program for At-Risk Youth, Guest presenter. Springfield Technical Community College. "Letting Your Interests Guide Your Academic Achievement." Springfield, MA. Spring semester.
2001 University of Massachusetts Alliance for Community Transformation : "Reverse Break 2001" Session instructor . “The History of African Americans in Education” for high school students visiting from New Road Virginia. Amherst, MA April 10.
2000 Talent Search Program , Guest Lecturer / Workshop Facilitator Holyoke Community College, MA. Fall semester
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