Service Activities

• Member, Humanities PhD Exploration. May 2023 - Present.
• Member, Liberal Arts Study Abroad Committee. 2015 - Present.
• Member, Major-Minor Recruitment Committee. 2014 - Present.
• Member, Spanish MA Recruitment Committee. 2013 - Present.
• Member, Departmental website, social media, outreach and marketing Committee. 2013 - Present.
• Member, Spanish Steering Committee. 2006 - Present.

• Member, MLA- LLC Medieval Iberian Forum. January 31, 2022 - January 31, 2027.

• Member, COLA Curriculum Committee. September 2018 - September 2025.
• Member, Committee on Committees. September 2019 - August 2025.
• Member, Curriculum Committee. August 2019 - August 2025.

• Member, COLA Budget Specialist search. August 2024 - September 2024.
• Member, Humanities Award Committee. April 2023 - August 2024.
• Chair, German Lecturer Search. May 2024 - July 2024.

• Member, MLA Delegate Assembly. January 2017 - 2023.

• Member, Presidential Work-Life Committee. September 2015 - September 2022.
• Speaker, St. Michael's High School. January 10, 2022.

• Member, Undergraduate Fulbright Committee. August 2021 - December 2021.
• Member, Continuity of Student Life Work Group-University Task Force. May 14, 2020 - December 31, 2021.
• Editorial Review Board Member, La Corónica. March 1, 2017 - March 1, 2021.

• Member, MLA GLC Linguistics Committee. 2015 - 2020.
• President, MLA GLC Linguistics Committee. January 2019 - January 2020.
• President, Texas Medieval Association. January 2019 - January 2020.

• President, Texas Medieval Association. October 2018 - October 2019.
• Officer, Modern Languages Organization. January 20, 2017 - January 20, 2019.
• Chair, MLA General Linguistics Committee: Panel on Language and Social Media. January 6, 2019.

• Member, SCMLA. 2018.
• Member, AATSP. 2018.
• Vice President, Texas Medieval Association. October 2017 - October 2018.
• Participant, Japanese Candidate Interview- Campus Support Team. February 5, 2018.

• Member, Castilla-La Manha University Partnership Agreement Committee. 2016 - 2017.
• Member, German Assistant Professor Search Committee. September 2016 - 2017.
• Member, Research Enhancement Program. September 2017 - December 2017.
• Member, Fullbright Review Committee (Student Fullbright). September 2017 - November 2017.
• Coordinator / Organizer, International Conference on Historical Linguistics, 23. January 2016 - August 2017.

• Reviewer / Referee, Jornadas de Estudios Coloniales Iberoamericanos. 2016.
• Reviewer / Referee, La Corónica. 2016.
• Member, International Historical Linguistics Conference. January 2016 - December 2016.
• Reviewer / Referee, Scouth Central MLA - Mock Interviews. November 2016.
• Attendee / Participant, Texas Medieval Association. September 2016.
• Presider: Religious Studies II: Re-form-ing, Per-form-ing, and Trans-form-ing; The Impact of Religion on Women in Late Medieval England, Texas Medieval Association. September 2016.
• Organizer, First Year Spanish Language Coordination. August 2016.
• Chair, Galvan Scholarship Committee. April 2016.

• Chair, Robert A. Galván Scholarship Committee. 2015.
• Reviewer, Spanish Teaching Certification Exam - Applied Linguistics. 2015.
• Member, Castilla La Mancha University Partnership Agreement Committee. 2015.
• Member, Honors College Course Review Committee. 2015.
• Member, Internship Review Committee. 2015.
• Member, Liberal Arts Study Abroad Committee. 2015.
• Member, Linguistics Minor Exploration Committee. 2015.
• Member, Major/Minor Recruitment Committee. 2015.
• Member, MA Recruitment Committee. 2015.
• Member, Presidential Work-Life Council. 2015.
• Member, Spanish Steering Committee. 2015.
• Organizer, Graduate Scholarship Endowment Committee. 2015.
• Other, First Year Spanish Language Coordination Committee. 2015.
• Director, Faculty Study Abroad - Valladolid, Summer I. 2015.
• Member of the Editorial Board, History Research Journal. 2015.
• President, Texas Medieval Association. 2015.
• Reviewer / Referee, Jornadas del Centro de Estudios Coloniales Iberoamericanos: CECI-UCLA. 2015.
• Reviewer / Referee, La Corónica. 2015.
• Member, SCMLA. 2015.
• Speaker, “The Importance of Learning Spanish,” Canyon HS. October 2015.
• Speaker, “The Importance of Learning Spanish,” Canyon HS. May 2015.

• Member, Departmental Webpage Committee. 2014.
• Member, Presidential Work-Life Council. 2014.
• Nominee, Faculty Senate. 2014.
• FLC Globalization. 2014.
• Member, Liberal Arts Study Abroad Committee. 2014.
• Collaborator, Collaborated in Dr. Gragera´s Honor´s Linguistics course. 2014.
• Coordinator, First Year Spanish Coordination. 2014.
• Alternate, Graduate Council. 2014.
• Member, MA Recruitment Committee. 2014.
• Member, Internship Review Committee. 2014.
• Chair, Robert A. Galván Scholarship Committee. 2014.
• Member, Graduate Scholarship Endowment Committee. 2014.
• Member, Spanish Steering Committee. 2014.
• Writer, Re-wrote course description for Graduate Internship Course. 2014.
• Substitute, Substituted for Ewa Sewak´s Linguistics course during Absence. 2014.
• Member of the Editorial Board, History Research Journal. 2014.
• Coordinator / Organizer, Organized and mentored graduate student panel at SCOLAS conference. 2014.
• Presenter, 2014 John K. Walsh award winner at MLA Convention. 2014.
• Chair and Organizer, Panel at SCOLAS: Public and Private Multilingual Spaces and the Hispanic Community. 2014.
• Graduate Student mentor for Leah Arreguín, El español como lengua de intimidad en un centro de cultura hispana. 2014.
• Graduate Student mentor for Martha Hinojosa, Programa de recuperación de la cultura hispana y del español en lugares públicos. 2014.
• Speaker, “The Importance of Learning Spanish,” Canyon HS. October 2014.

• Member, Research Enhancement Grant Committee. 2013.
• Participant, Globalization Workshop. 2013.
• Member, Common Experience Committee- Round Rock Campus. 2013.
• Member, Liberal Arts Study Abroad Committee. 2013.
• Member, Major/Minor Recruitment Committee. 2013.
• Coordinator, First Year Spanish Coordination. 2013.
• Member, First and Second Year Spanish Book Cover Committee. 2013.
• Lecturer, Lecturer and TA Observations. 2013.
• Member, Spanish Steering Committee. 2013.
• Member, Spanish Special Events Committee. 2013.
• Member, Cox Scholarship Committee. 2013.
• Nominated to MLA Linguistics Committee (not elected). 2013.
• Reviewer / Referee, Article submitted for publication in La Corónica. 2013.
• Reviewer / Referee, Article submitted for publication in Letras Hispanas. 2013.
• Speaker, “The Importance of Learning Spanish,” Doris Miller Middle School. 2013.
• Speaker, “The Importance of Learning Spanish,” Canyon HS. November 2013.

• Member, Common Experience Committee- Round Rock Campus. 2012.
• Member, Liberal Arts Study Abroad Committee. 2012.
• Coordinator, First Year Spanish Coordination. 2012.
• Member, Major/Minor Recruitment Committee. 2012.
• Member, Spanish Steering Committee. 2012.
• Lecturer, Lecturer and TA Observations. 2012.
• Chair, Robert A. Galván Scholarship Committee. 2012.
• Speaker, “The Importance of Learning Spanish,” Doris Miller Middle School. 2012.
• Member, Organized Common Experience Panel in Modern Languages. October 2012.

• Invited José Carlos de la Puente, Chief Economist and Engineer in Peru to discuss business opportunities and business customs in that country and how Spanish is relevant to international success. 2011.
• Member, Spanish Steering Committee. 2011.
• Member, Arabic Search Committee. 2011.
• Member, Learning Outcomes and Assessment. 2011.
• Mentor, Graduate Student Mentoring. 2011.
• Other, Preparation and correction of Italian Master Proficiency Exam. 2011.
• Member, Scientific Committee: IOLC International Online Language Conference. 2011.
• Organizer, panel “Threads in Medieval Iberian Manuscripts”. May 2011.

• Collaborator, Proposal for visiting Fulbright Fellow in History. 2010.
• Mentor, Mentor for one graduate student (Rebecca Bowman) and the writing, submission, and presentation of her paper at the Texas Medieval Association Professional Conference. 2010.
• Member, Spanish Steering Committee. 2010.
• Member, Learning Outcomes and Assessment. 2010.
• Mentor, Graduate Student Mentoring. 2010.
• Reviewer / Referee, Crossings Over (Conference Proceedings). 2010.
• Member, Scientific Committee: IOLC International Online Language Conference. 2010.
• Organizer, Panel “Manuscript Threads in Medieval Iberia”. May 2010.

• Member, Undergraduate Fulbright Selection Committee. 2009.
• Panel Member, “Religious diversity: A Series of Community Discussions.” What your Professors know about Religion. 2009.
• Member, Spanish Steering Committee. 2009.
• Member, Learning Outcomes and Assessment. 2009.
• Mentor, Graduate Student Mentoring. 2009.
• Other, Revision and proposals to Master’s reading list. 2009.
• Member, Scientific Committee: IOLC International Online Language Conference. 2009.
• Organizer, Panel “Reflections of the Medieval Woman,” Texas Medieval Association. October 2009.
• Other, Presided over panels: “Border Dwellers: Identity, Language and Culture I”; “Border Dwellers; Identity, Language and Culture II”. May 2009.

• Organizer, Lecture series titled: “Language and the Community,” with funds provided by the University Lecturer Series. 2008.
• Member, Spanish Steering Committee. 2008.
• Member, Learning Outcomes and Assessment. 2008.
• Mentor, Graduate Student Mentoring. 2008.
• Member, Scientific Committee: IOLC International Online Language Conference. 2008.
• Session Chair, “The Self and the Mediterranean Other,” 43rd International Congress on Medieval Studies. May 2008.

• Assistance and consulting with the translation of Texas State documents, advertisement and marketing materials for the Hispanic community for the Office of University Marketing. 2007.
• Mentoring, correction, guidance and aid with bibliography and references for Ricardo Lardizábal in the History department in the preparation of an M.A. paper for Dr. Frank de la Teja’s Graduate Writing class. 2007.
• Member, Spanish Steering Committee. 2007.
• Member, Departmental Website Committee. 2007.
• Other, Preparation and correction of Italian Master Proficiency Exam. 2007.
• Program for Excellence in Teaching and Learning for First Year Tenure Track Faculty. 2006 - 2007.

• Member, Spanish Steering Committee. 2006.

• Assistant Editor, Mester. 2003 - 2005.