Service

Temple University, College of Liberal Arts, DAAAS

General Departmental Service Information: (2016-2011)

Chair, Undergraduate Program January 2015 – present

Chair, DAAS Personnel Committee, 2013 – present

Chair, DAAS, Scholarships and Awards Committee 2013 – present

Chair,  Advisory Committee for the Selection of the DAAS Chair, Spring 2012; Spring 2013.

Initiator, Undergraduate Advising and Recruitment Initiative for DAAS, Spring 2013.

Member, Search Committee for New Faculty Hires, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012-2013

Chair,  Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of Women 2011-2012; 2014 – present.

Representing the Department:

Member, Faculty Senate Educational Policies and Programs Committee. EPPC 2011-2014.

Representative Senator to Faculty Senate, CLA, 2011-2013.

Member, The Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of Women 2008-2012.

Founder, The Annual Underground Railroad and Black History Conference, (since 2004.)

Co-organizer, the Annual Underground Railroad Conference. An interdisciplinary and academic conference focusing on Black History, Abolition, Civil War, Freedom and Emancipation, 2004 – present.

Co-Founder CWEST, (Civil War and Emancipation Studies Consortium -a Study Group for Civil War and Emancipation in Black History, College of Liberal Arts.

Founder – Annual International Women’s Conference (2003-2010). An interdisciplinary conference focusing on women’s lives and challenges around the world, co-sponsored by Temple University’s CLA and the Asian Studies, African American Studies, Vietnamese Studies and History Department at Temple University

Director, Temple in Turkey: Study Abroad Summer Program 2005; 2006.

Member, University International Programs Committee, 2007-2011.

 Service to the College of Liberal Arts and the University:

(2011-2015)

Founding Member, MENA (Middle East and North Africa Consortium)

  1. Curriculum Development – TLC’s “Community Based Learning Circle”  created a CLA course; with Drs. Pamela Barnett and Eli C. Goldblatt, 2010-2011.
  2. Representative Senator to Faculty Senate, April 2011- present.
  3. Chair, Faculty Senate Status of Women Committee September 2011-April 2012.
  4. EPPC Committee Member, Educational Programs and Policies Committee, 2011- present
  5. Organizer, February 6, 2013 “Tenth Annual Underground Railroad and Black History Conference”, Kiwa Auditorium, Main Campus. Theme: “Black Soldiers during the Civil War Era.”
  6. Organizer, February 8, 2012 “Ninth Annual Underground Railroad and Black History Conference”, Kiwa Auditorium, Main Campus. Theme: “Frederick Douglass and Black Freedom Movement.”
  7. Co-Organizer: April 6, 2011, “Eight Annual Underground Railroad and Black History Conference”, Kiwa Auditorium, Main Campus. Theme: “The Gathering Clouds: The Election of Lincoln and the Secession Crisis, 1861”
  8. Conference Planning: October  2010, “The Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of Women, Inaugural University-wide Interdisciplinary Conference.”
  9. Co-Organizer: February 3, 2010, “Seventh Annual Underground Railroad and Black History Conference”, Walk Auditorium.
  10. Conference Co-Organizer: October 21, 2009, “The Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of Women, Inaugural University-wide Interdisciplinary Conference” Theme: “The Balancing Act: Combining Responsibilities for Work and Family.”
  11. Conference Co-Organizer: November 17, 2009, “Fourth Annual Global Temple Conference” Howard Gittis Student Center. Theme: Faith, Activism and Reform in African American Women’s Discourse”

 Community Service:

Non-Temple Community Service on Historic Preservation, Volunteer-based.

 Lecturer, Historic Thomas Massey House, and Marple Historical Society, 2012, 2013.

  1. Academic Member, Mercer Museum, Doylestown, in cooperation with Pennsylvania Humanities Council “Museum Theater Performance Development – Civil War and the Underground Railroad.”  2011-2012.
  2.  Community Partner, CBL Community Based Learning Course Grand Army of the Republic G.A.R. Civil War Museum, Philadelphia, Pa. Title: “In Our City of Brotherly Love: Philadelphia’s Contribution to History of Freedom”.
  3. Scholar and Lecturer, Marple Township Historic Massey House, Broomall. PA.
  4. Academic Member, Reeves Estate, Phoenixville, PA., Preservation Association,
  5. Community Committee,  Chair,  St. Alice’s Parish, Sellers Hall, Upper Darby, Pa. Historic House Preservation and Rejuvenation Project.
  6. Committee Member, Darby Township Historic Bundee House Protection & Preservation Fund Drive,
  7. Committee Member, Rotary Club of Haverford Township, Academic Scholarships and Grants.

Selected Volunteer-Based Community Educational Service:

  • Academic Instructor, Marple Township Historic Massey House Preservation.
    • Guest Speaker, Keystone Mercy, “Inter-Faith Celebration Day Lecturer”, November 11, 2005.
    • Guest Speaker, University of Delaware, Lecture, “Understanding Turkish Women’s Rights” Spring 2005.
    • Instructor, Haverford Township Adult School, “Underground Railroad in Pennsylvania” 2004.
    • Volunteer, Domestic Abuse Victims Project, Marple Township.

Service to the Profession:

Member, MENA (Middle East and North African Compendium) at Temple University.

Member, Educational Policies and Programs Committee at Temple University.

CLA Representative Senator , Temple University Faculty Senate

Chair, Comparative Literatures Division, Northeast Modern Languages Association NeMLA. 2006-2008.

Member, Shakespeare’s Sisters Mentor Program, at NeMLA.

Chair, Faculty Senate Status of Women Committee, (2011-2012; Spring 2013); 2014-present

Member, International Programs Committee, Temple University (2009-2011).

Member, Diversity Committee, NeMLA (North East Modern Language Association) (2009-2011).