Panel Chair. National PCA / ACA Annual Meeting. Boston, 2007.
Served as a panel chair facilitating presentations in the Comics and Comic Art area. Responsibilities included introducing presenters from various universities, hearing presentations, monitoring and enforcing time limits, and preparing potential questions for presenters.

Texas A&M University. College Station, TX. 2005-2007.

• Graduate Student Council. English Graduate Student Association. 2006-2007.
  Served as an elected representative from the department. Responsibilities included hearing speakers from various university services present issues relevant to graduate student life, working on internal and external committees for improving graduate student participation in events and use of facilities, voting on policies as a representative voice, and communicating with fellow graduate students.

• Grant Reader. English Graduate Student Association. 2006.
  Served as a grant reader with two other graduate students. Responsibilities included reading internal travel grant submissions from PhD students to the organization, deliberating with fellow grant readers about selection, and determining appropriate distribution of available funds.

• Webmaster. Discourse Studies Student Association. 2006.
  Served as a graduate student representative on a department committee dedicated to improving the Discourse Studies web presence. Responsibilities included analyzing design aspects, performing routine maintenance, and adding new content to the Discourse Studies web pages.

• Lead Organizer. 2003-05.
  As chief student manager of the event, responsible for coordination of seven standing committees that design and implement the offering of presentations and performances, generate and oversee event budget, plan and enact promotional schedule for the event, direct an outreach to the schools initiative, review submitted proposals, arrange facility and other infrastructure supports, and edit and distribute conference proceedings.

• Travel Committee Chair. 2003-05.
  Supervised a team of six students to plan and execute outreach to the schools initiative. Conference presenters visit Eau Claire's three middle and two high schools to provide pre-college students an understanding of just how "cool" English can be. Emphasizes popular culture lectures, analyses of film, and multimedia/experimental presentations.

• Fundraising Committee Chair. 2003-04.
  Supervised a six-student committee responsible for raising funds to meet costs of conference proceedings, publicity printing, and other incidental costs. Fundraising efforts included selling advertising, split-the-door promotions, and solicitation of in-kind donations. $600 in direct funds raised; in-kind donations value equals over $1,000.

• Print Committee Chair. 2003-04.
  Chaired a twelve-student committee that creates conference program and edits conference proceedings that include over 100 descriptions of presentations. Conference proceedings published in print and e-formats.

• Webmaster. 2002-03.
  Created template and maintained a multi-purpose website that advertised the conference to the campus community and general public, but also functioned as an interactive message board and archive for 30-member conference staff.