Academic:

National Organizations

• Plains/Southwest Representative for the American Association of Teachers of Italian (2012-2015)
• Secretary for Italian Sessions at South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA) for the 2012 Conference in San Antonio, TX

University Wide

• Member of the Educational and Instructional Technologies Subcommittee  (Ed-Tech subcommittee of the Information Technology Advisory Committee); 2011-2012
• Rice Families Weekend Lecture. “Italian Cinema: Death or Re-birth?”  (October 21, 2011)
• Created a direct faculty/student exchange program with the University of Palermo (Summer 2011)
• Coordinated the screening of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Mamma Roma with an introduction by cinema scholar Sandra Celli Harris (University of Houston)
• Coordinated & Funded a Keynote Address: Colleen Ryan (Indiana University Bloomington), “The Feminine Sacred in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Mamma Roma (Oct. 13, 2011)
• Coordinated and Funded a Keynote Address: Giovanna Summerfield (Auburn University), Maria Messina (Spring 2012)
• Faculty Advisor for a Student Taught Course on Friends the Television Series (Spring 2011)
• Circolo Italiano (Italian Club) – Creator & Advisor
• Tavola italiana (Italian Language Table) – Organizer
• Associate – Wiess College

Departmental

• Co-coordinated CSL International Education Week Activities (Fall 2011)
• Member of the Five Credit Hour Committee (Fall 2011)
• Co-coordinated two CSL programs for Women’s History Month (Spring 2011 with Luziris Turi)
• Co-coordinated CSL Pedagogical Brown Bag (2010-2011 with Dr. Wendy Freeman)
• Coordinator of the International Film Festival (Center for the Study of Language, Spring 2010)
• Coordinated an Invited Workshop: Antonello Borra (University of Vermont), Cinema in the L2 Classroom (April 2010)
• Member of the French Lecturer Search (Spring 2010)
• Member of the Spanish Lecturer Search (Spring 2010)
• Member of the Promotion & Tenure Committee (Fall 2010)

Community:

• Board of Directors – Italian Cultural Community Center, Houston, Texas
• Treasurer, ICCC
• Chair of the Education Committee and the newspaper La voce italiana, ICCC
• Rice University at Festa Italiana, ICCC (Friday Oct. 14 and Saturday Oct. 15, 2011)