Education Chair, Executive Council of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (April 2026 – Present)
American Political Science Association, Committee on Organized Sections, Chair (2026-Present)
Member, 2023-Present, Editorial Board Member, Political Behavior
Member, 2022-Present, ABC News Election Night Decision Desk Team
Consultant, 2021-Present, National Science Foundation Grant: Examining Urban and Rural Trauma among Black and White Americans, with Byron D’Andra Orey, Jas Sullivan, Najja Baptist, and Veronica Johnson.
Southern Political Science Association, 2026 Marian Irish Award Selection Committee
American Political Science Association, Committee on Organized Sections, Member (2025-2026)
Associate Education Chair, Executive Council of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (2025 – 2026)
American Political Science Association, 2025 Hanes Walton, Jr. Career Award Selection Committee
Member, 2021-2022, APSA Presidential Task Force on Race, Sub-Task Force on Citations and Inequities
Member, 2020 Election Task Force, American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
Member, 2020, Electoral Assistance Taskforce, American Political Science Association
Lead Investigator, Rural Voters Survey, with the National Conference of Black Political Scientists and the SelmaCenter for Nonviolence, Truth, and Reconciliation (2019-2022)
Advisory Board Member, National Science Foundation ADVANCE Partnership Grant, “#MeTooPoliSci: Leveraging a Professional Association to Address Sexual Harassment in Political Science.” Investigators: Nadia Brown (Purdue University, Award #1936086), Rebecca Gill (University of Nevada Las Vegas, Award #1936045), Stella Rouse (University of Maryland College Park, Award #1936099), and Elizabeth Sharrow (University of Massachusetts Amherst, Award #1936113), 2019-2022 (Total award: $1,000,794).
Member, 2020 Pre-Election Task Force, American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
Treasurer, Executive Council of the American Political Science Association’s Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (2019-2021)
Member, Committee on the Status of African Americans in the South, Southern Political Science Associatio (2020-2022)
Program Committee Member, Chair of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Section, Southern Political Science Association (2020 and 2023)
Panel Chair and/or Discussant at the following Annual Meetings: National Conference of Black Political Scientists (2019); American Political Science Association (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016); Southern Political Science Association (2015, 2016); Midwest Political Science Association (2015)
Professional Memberships: American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association, and the National Conference of Black Political Scientists.
Referee for Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, CQ Press, W.W. Norton, Taylor & Francis, The Journal of Politics, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Politics, Groups, and Identities, PublicOpinion Quarterly, Electoral Studies, Journal of Public Policy, and Political Behavior
Villanova University Service
January 2024-Present, Chair, Department of Political Science
2022-2026, Faculty Representative, University Council
2021-2023, Steering Committee Member, Aequitas: Presidential Task Force on Race
2021, Member, Hiring Committee, American Government, Department of Political Science
2019-2021, Member, Standard III (Design and Delivery of the Student Learning Experience) Working Group, Middle States Commission on Higher Education
2019, Member, Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women’s Leadership, McNulty Idol Summer Fellowship Program Planning Committee
2019, Presenter, “Social Media to Reduce Student Anxiety,” VITAL Teaching and Learning Strategies Program
2017, Member, Hiring Committee, Political Economy, Department of Political Science
2017-2023, Member, Diversity Committee, Department of Political Science
2017- Present, Member, Peace Award Committee, Center for Peace and Justice Education
2016-2018, Visiting Faculty, Center for Peace and Justice Education
2015-2022, Reviewer, Underrepresented Presidential Scholars Applications, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
2015-2017, Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Political Science
2015-2017, Mock Interviewer, Truman Scholarship, Coro Fellowship, and the Rhodes, Marshall and Mitchell Scholarships, Center for Research and Fellowships
2015-2018, Mentor, Faith and Learning Scholars Mentor, St. Monica II Group
2014-Present, Member, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Day Committee
