Portrait of Dr. Joseph Kotarba

Dr. Joseph Kotarba

  • Professor at Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Reviewer / Referee, The Fulbright Scholar Program. 2016 - Present.
  • Member, Athletic Advisory Council. 2010 - Present.
  • Member, Member, Faculty Review Committee, Reseach Enhancement Program, College of Liberal Arts. 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Retirement and Benefit Programs Committee. 2023 - Present.
  • Chair, Friends of Woodcreek Foundation. January 2023 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Texas Commission on the Arts. November 3, 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Board of Directors, Music Reminiscence International. November 2020 - Present.
  • Coordinator / Organizer, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Gifts & Development Committee. August 2020 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, Program Committee, Evaluation Special Interest Group, The Association for Clinical and Translational Science (2018-present). 2018 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation. 2016 - Present.
  • Member, Wimberley Valley Arts and Cultural Alliance. 2016 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, Suzanna's Kitchen Coffee House. 2014 - Present.
  • Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee. January 1, 2014 - Present.
  • Member, Graduate Committee. August 18, 2010 - Present.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. August 18, 2010 - Present.

2024

  • Member, Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects. 2010 - 2024.

2023

  • Chair, Faculty Recruitment: Race and Ethnicity. April 2023 - December 2023.
  • Board Member, City Council, City of Woodcreek. June 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023.

2022

  • Reviewer / Referee, Houston Arts Alliance. January 1, 2022 - December 2022.
  • Chair, Planning and Zoning Commission. January 1, 2014 - May 30, 2022.

2021

  • Speaker, Wimberley Democrats. February 20, 2021.

2019

  • Chair, Diversity Taskforce, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. 2017 - 2019.
  • Member, The City of Woodcreek 2030 Planning Committee. 2016 - 2019.
  • Member, The Helena Lopata Mentoring Award/Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. August 2019.

2016

  • Co-editor, "The Promise” Department of Sociology newsletter. 2014 - 2016.
  • Organizer, The Public Sociology Task Force. September 2014 - September 2016.
  • Founder and Director, Center for Social Inquiry. August 2010 - June 2016.
  • Organizer, Guest Lecture: David Embrick. 2016 - February 18, 2016.

2015

  • Chair, “Early in Career Achievement Award” Committee, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. 2014 - 2015.

2014

  • Participant, Taping of: Alternatives to Traditional Scholarly Publishing for Dr. Tom Grimes and the Office of the Provost. January 1, 2014.

2012

  • Member, Executive Committee, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. 2007 - 2012.
  • Organizer, Guest Lecture: Dr. John Johnson. 2012 - October 15, 2012.