Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments
Portrait of Dr. Katherine Selber

Dr. Katherine Selber

  • Professor at School of Social Work, College of Applied Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Faculty Sponsor, Veterans Alliance of Texas State. 2008 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Professional Development: International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education. 2008 - Present.

2023

  • Member, Field Education Committee. September 2021 - 2023.
  • Chair, Task Force for Tenure & Promotion Policy Revision. 2017 - 2023.
  • Member, Veteran’s Advisory Council. 2008 - 2023.
  • Member, School of Social Work, Personnel Committee. 2001 - 2023.

2022

  • Member, Operation Sacred Promise. August 2021 - 2022.
  • Member, Curriculum Committee School of Social Work. September 2020 - May 2022.
  • Member, College of Applied Arts Curriculum Committee. September 2020 - May 2022.

2021

  • Member, City of Austin Mayor's Task Force eon Veterans Issues. September 2020 - 2021.
  • Member, Veterans Advisory Council. 2008 - 2021.
  • Troop Support, Deployed Military Units to Afghanistam amd Iraq. 2004 - 2021.

2020

  • Member, Texas Campus Veteran Initiatives. 2015 - 2020.
  • Member, Higher Education Task Force - Texas Veterans Coordinating Council Workgroup. 2012 - 2020.
  • Member, Operation College Promise National Board. 2011 - 2020.
  • Technical Assistance, American Widows Project. 2008 - 2020.
  • Member, College of Applied Arts Curriculum Committee. September 2020 - December 2020.
  • Member, Social Justice Collaboration of Social Work and Criminal Justice. September 2020 - December 2020.
  • Member, City of Austin Mayor’s Task Force on Veterans Issues. August 2020 - December 2020.
  • Member, Veteran Mental Health Task Force. June 2020 - December 2020.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. January 2020 - December 2020.
  • Participant, Edited Reaccreditation Report. November 2020.

2019

  • Member, College of Applied Arts Tenure & Promotion Review Council. 2019.
  • Member, College of Applied Arts Revision of Tenure and Promotion Policies. 2018 - 2019.
  • Member, Veteran Leadership Task Force. 2018 - 2019.
  • Board Member, Greater Austin Crime Commission. 2001 - 2019.
  • Member, Veterans Advisory Council. January 1, 2008 - December 30, 2019.

2018

  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. 2018.
  • Participant, College of Applied Arts Graduation Hoodings. 2014 - 2018.
  • Chair, Personnel Committee. 2008 - 2018.

2017

  • Member, Director Search for Dr. Coll. June 2016 - 2017.

2015

  • Member, Consultation on Veterans Issues in Higher Education, Texas Veterans Commission, Education Division. 2015.
  • Member, MSW Committee. August 2014 - 2015.
  • Member, Doctoral Committee. August 2014 - 2015.

2014

  • Member, Military Veteran Peer Network, State-wide Advisory Board. 2013 - 2014.
  • Member, Mental Health Task Force - Texas Veterans Commission Coordinating Council Workgroup. 2012 - 2014.
  • School of Social Work faculty representative, College of Applied Arts, Research Enhancement Program. August 2014 - December 2014.
  • Back-up Faculty Representative, College of Applied Arts, Tenure Review committee College Council. August 2014 - December 2014.
  • Grant Reviewer, Research Enhancement Grant, College of Health Professions, Texas State University. August 2014 - December 2014.
  • Faculty Representative, College of Applied Arts, Tenure Review committee College Council. January 2012 - May 2014.

2013

  • Technical Assistance, Texas A&M San Antonio campus. 2013.
  • Technical Assistance, Texas A&M Main Campus. 2013.
  • Technical Assistance, University of Texas Austin Student Affairs. 2013.
  • Member, Veterans Leadership Committee, Senator Van de Putte’s Office. August 2012 - 2013.
  • Member, Work Group for Strategic Planning, Texas Veterans Commission. June 2012 - 2013.
  • Member, School of Social Work, Field Committee. January 2013 - May 2013.
  • Member, Certificate of Training Peer Support Specialist Train the Trainer, Military Veteran Peer Network. March 2013.

2012

  • Editor, Special Edition on Military Social Work, Professional Development: International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education. 2012.
  • Technical Assistance, Texas A&M System and San Antonio campus. 2012.
  • Technical Assistance, USC. 2012.
  • Faculty Sponsor, Family & Friends of the Military Group. 2010 - 2012.
  • Member, Resource Fair for Student Veterans. 2010 - 2012.

2011

  • Technical Assistance, University of Texas - San Antonio. 2011.
  • Technical Assistance, Texas A&M System and San Antonio campus. 2011.
  • Technical Assistance, Austin Community College. 2011.
  • Technical Assistance, James Madison University. 2011.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Families in Society. 2009 - 2011.
  • Member, Veterans Day event campus-wide organizing committee. August 2011 - December 2011.

2010

  • Member, School of Social Work, active in reaccreditation materials development for MSW Administrative Leadership concentration. 2010.
  • Member, Soldiers’ Angels, Inc. 2009 - 2010.
  • Member, Field Committee. August 2008 - 2010.
  • Member, Field Committee. August 2008 - 2010.
  • Assistant, Research Project on Sleep Issues Among Student Veterans (Dr. Gregg Marshall). August 2010 - December 2010.

2009

  • Member, Soldiers’ Angels, Inc. 2008 - 2009.
  • Member, Mental Health Association of Texas. January 2008 - 2009.
  • Chair, College of Health Profession, Faculty Development Committee. 2004 - 2009.
  • Co-editor, Special Edition on Mexico Border, The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education. June 2009 - July 2009.
  • Technical Assistance, TRIAD Fund. June 2008 - July 2009.

2008

  • Member, MSW Admissions Review Committee. 2008.
  • Abstract Reviewer, Council on Social Work Education. 2008.
  • Member, College of Health Professions, Scholarship Review Committee. 2007 - 2008.
  • Member, Soldiers’ Angels, Inc. November 2006 - 2008.
  • Member, College of Health Profession, Curriculum Committee. 2005 - 2008.
  • Member, IRB Committee. 2001 - 2008.
  • Member, Bobcat Days. 2001 - 2008.
  • Organizer, Annual MSW Administrative Leadership Concentration Research Forum. 1998 - 2008.
  • Technical Assistance, Texas Council of MHMR centers. June 2008 - July 2008.
  • Coordinator, MSW Administrative Leadership Curriculum Concentration, School of Social Work. 1997 - July 2008.
  • Board Member, Austin Police Dept. - TECLOSE Training Committee. 2001 - May 2008.
  • Adjunct, Field Director, School of Social Work. 1997 - May 2008.

2007

  • Member, School of Social Work Faculty Search Committee. 2006 - 2007.
  • Member, Texas State Service Learning Team. 2005 - 2007.
  • Member, School of Social Work, Faculty Search Task Force. 2005 - 2007.
  • Member, School of Social Work, MSW Round Rock faculty. 2005 - 2007.
  • Member, Faculty Senate Liaison for Social Work. 1999 - 2007.
  • Member, School of Social Work, MSW Committee. 1997 - 2007.

2006

  • Member, Texas State Mentor Program. 2005 - 2006.
  • Member, School of Social Work, Faculty Development Task Force. 2005 - 2006.

2005

  • Member, Graduate Scholars Celebrity Classic Scholarship Selection Committee. 2005.
  • Special Reviewer & Consultant, IRB Committee. 2004 - 2005.
  • Member, President’s Associate program. 2004 - 2005.
  • Organizer, May Mini-Semester Study Abroad Course. 2003 - 2005.
  • Board Member, Hays County Prescription Assistance Program. 2003 - 2005.

2004

  • Member, Texas Survey of Organizational Excellence - Advisory Group. 2000 - 2004.

2003

  • Chair, Marketing and Recruitment Committee. 2002 - 2003.
  • Member, Sponsored Projects Advisory Committee. 2001 - 2003.
  • Member, MSW Admissions Review Committee. 2000 - 2003.
  • Member, School of Social Work Faculty Search Committee. 2000 - 2003.
  • Coordinator, Walter Richter Institute of Social Work Research, School of Social Work. 1997 - August 2003.
  • Member, Chair’s Administrative Committee of Coordinators. 1997 - August 2003.

2002

  • Participant, Sixth Annual Texas Child Welfare Roundtable. 2002.
  • Member, School of Social Work Distance Education Committee. 2001 - 2002.
  • Member, EveryChild Coalition. 2001 - 2002.

2001

  • Member, University Suspension Appeals Committee. 2001.
  • Co-Chair, Council on Social Work Education- Association of Community Organization and Social Administration Symposium, Annual Program Meeting. 2001.
  • Abstract Reviewer, Texas State Chapter, National Association of Social Workers. 1999 - 2001.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Community Organization and Social Administration. 1998 - 2001.
  • Participant, Texas Department of Health, Social Workers in Public Health. 1998 - 2001.

2000

  • Participant, Fourth Annual Texas Child Welfare Roundtable. 2000.
  • Session Chairperson, Council on Social Work Education - Annual Program Meeting. 2000.
  • Participant, Selected Texas Quality Examiner. 2000.
  • Co-Chair, College of Health Professions, Lecture Series Committee. 1999 - 2000.
  • Chair, School of Health Professions, Lecture Series Committee. January 2000 - May 2000.

1999

  • Member, School of Social Work Search Committee for Assistant Field Director position. 1999.
  • Member, School of Social Work Search Committee for Distance Education Univ. of Houston - Victoria Program. 1999.
  • Participant, Third Annual Texas Child Welfare Roundtable. 1999.
  • Member, Council on Social Work Education, Abstract Review Committee for Annual Program Meeting. 1999.
  • Session Chairperson, Council on Social Work Education, Annual Program Meeting. 1999.
  • Consultant, Texas Department of Health, Case Management Division. 1999.
  • Member, School of Social Work, Marketing & Student Affairs Committee. 1997 - 1999.
  • Consultant, University of Texas at Brownsville, Department of Social Work. January 1999 - May 1999.

1998

  • Abstract Reviewer, Texas State Chapter, National Association of Social Workers. 1998.
  • Co-Chair, College of Health Professions, Internal Research Enhancement Grant Review Committee. 1997 - 1998.
  • Member, College of Health Professions, Computer Advisory Committee. 1997 - 1998.
  • Member, College of Health Professions, Ad Hoc Committee for Mittee Endowed Chair Search. 1997 - 1998.
  • Grant Reviewer, Research Enhancement Grant, College of Health Professions, Texas State University. 1997 - 1998.
  • Member, Family Support Program Advisory Council, Texas Department of Corrections project. 1997 - 1998.

1997

  • Consultant, Casa Esperanza project of School of Health Professions & School of Education. August 1997 - December 1997.
  • Grant Reviewer, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education. November 1997.

1994

  • Member, Professional Linkage Committee. 1991 - 1994.
  • Member, Dean’s Administrative Committee. 1987 - 1994.

1993

  • Member, MSSW Curriculum Committee. 1992 - 1993.
  • Member, BSW Curriculum Committee. 1987 - 1993.

1992

  • Chair, Faculty Staff Awards Committee. 1992.

1991

  • Member, Executive Committee. 1988 - 1991.

1989

  • Assistant Editor, Proceedings from the Second Symposium on Health and Human Services in the United States and Mexico. 1989.
  • Member, Women and Cultural Diversity Committee. 1988 - 1989.
  • Member, Faculty-Student Interface Committee-MSW level. 1988 - 1989.

1988

  • Member, Ad Hoc Governance Restructuring Committee. 1988.
  • Member, Administration and Planning Concentration Committee-MSW. 1983 - 1988.

1987

  • Assistant Editor, Proceedings from The Sutherland Symposium on Human Services on the U.S. and Mexico. 1987.
  • Chair, Field Administrative Committee. 1983 - 1987.

1986

  • Member, Policy Curriculum Committee. 1985 - 1986.

1985

  • Member, El Paso Pilot Program Committee. 1984 - 1985.

1982

  • Board of Directors, Revista Mexicana de Analysis de la Conducta (Mexican Journal of Behavior Analysis). 1975 - 1982.

1925

  • Member, Veteran Friendly Office Program and Training of Staff & Faculty. 1925.
  • Technical Assistance, Physical Therapy faculty. 1925.
  • Member, Texas State Technical Institute System- consultation on developing programs for student veterans. 1925.
  • Member, Texas State Technical Institute System - Consultation on developing programs for student veterans. 1925.
  • Member, Hill Country MHMR Veterans Stakeholder Group. 1925.
  • Member, Austin/Travis County Integral Care Veterans Stakeholder Group. 1925.