Academic Service
Academic service spanning departmental governance, college-level curriculum oversight, university-system advisory committees, and the international research community — reflecting sustained institutional citizenship across 20+ years at Montana State University and Georgia State University.
Academic Leadership Development
2025–2026 Selected Participant, Academic Leadership Institute for Faculty (ALIF) — Inaugural Cohort Inaugural Cohort · GSU Office of Faculty Development — university-wide cohort program
2018-2019 Participant, Academic Leadership Development Institute · College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Office — year-long cohort program on adaptive leadership, strengths-based leadership, and academic administration
University System of Georgia
2020–Present Member, USG Data Science Regents' Advisory Committee · Nominated by GSU Provost Wendy F. Hensel; called by Barbara L. Brown, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Transitional and General Education
Georgia State University
University Senate
2025–Present Member, Committee on Admissions and Standards
2024–Present Member, Committee on Academic Programs (CAP) · reviews curricula, new programs, and graduate education policy across all colleges
2024–2025 Member, Committee on the Budget
College of Arts & Sciences
2021–2024 Member, College Promotion & Tenure Committee
2019–Present Member, College Graduate Council
2019–2020 Co-Chair, Department Chair Search Committee Co-Chair · 1 position filled
2018–2019 Chair, Interdepartmental M.S. in Data Science and Analytics Establishment Committee Chair · led cross-departmental curricular negotiations across CS and Math & Statistics
2018–2019 Member, College Task Force on the Future of Arts and Sciences · CAS Dean's Office
Department of Computer Science — CAS
2025–2026 Chair, Taskforce for New Dual Degree — BS in CS to BDML Chair
2025–2026 Chair, Taskforce for New Dual Degree — BS in DS to BDML Chair
2025–2026 Member, Departmental Promotion & Tenure Committee · 3 candidates reviewed
2024–2025 Member, Departmental Promotion & Tenure Committee · 3 candidates reviewed
2022–2023 Chair, Taskforce for New Degree — Ph.D. in Data Science Chair
2022–2023 Chair, New Tenure-Track Faculty Search Committee Chair · 2 TT professors hired
2021–2022 Member, Departmental Promotion & Tenure Committee · 4 candidates reviewed
2020–2022 Chair, BDML Staff Position Search Committee Chair · 1 position filled
2020–2021 Member, Departmental Promotion & Tenure Committee · 2 candidates reviewed
2018–2019 Member, Departmental Promotion & Tenure Committee · 2 candidates reviewed
2017–2023 Member, Executive Committee
2017–2018 Chair, Departmental Promotion & Tenure Committee Chair
2016–2017 Chair, NGFP (Next Generation Faculty Program) Tenure-Track Faculty Search Committee Chair · 2 openings; Next Generation Faculty Program, university-wide competitive cluster hire
2015–2016 Chair, New Tenure-Track Faculty Search Committee Chair · 3 TT professors hired
2014–2015 Chair, ABET/CSAB Accreditation Feasibility Committee Chair · evaluated strategic case for CS program accreditation
Cross-Departmental Search Committees — CAS
2022–2023 Member, New Tenure-Track Faculty Search Committee · Department of Physics & Astronomy — 2 openings
2019–2020 Member, Applied Statistics Senior/Tenured Faculty Search Committee · Department of Mathematics and Statistics
2019–2020 Member, NSF-funded Tenure-Track Faculty Search Committee · Department of Physics & Astronomy
Montana State University
Department of Computer Science — College of Engineering
2006–2013 Director, Ph.D. in Computer Science Program Director
2012 Member, Departmental Promotion & Tenure Committee
2011 Chair, Departmental Promotion & Tenure Committee Chair
2010–2013 Departmental Representative, MSU Library
2010 Member, Departmental Promotion & Tenure Committee
External University Service
2024 External Evaluator, Promotion & Tenure · Montana State University
2023 External Evaluator, Promotion · Utah State University
2020 External Evaluator, Promotion · North Carolina State University
2016 External Evaluator, Promotion & Tenure · New Mexico State University
2011 External Evaluator, CS Program Review · MS & PhD programs, Southern Illinois University
Scientific Community (selected)
NASA Advisory
2022–Present Member, Virtual Solar Observatory Science Advisory Board · NASA
SABID Workshop Series — Founder & Organizer
2014–Present Founder & Organizer, Solar & Stellar Astronomy Big Data (SABID) Workshop Series Founder · 8 editions co-located with IEEE Big Data and IEEE ICDM
2024 · 8th Co-Chair, SABID 2025 · IEEE ICDM 2025, Washington DC, Nov 12–15, 2025
2024 · 7th Chair, SABID 2024 · IEEE Big Data 2024, Washington DC, Dec 15–18, 2024
2020 · 6th Chair, SABID 2020 · IEEE Big Data 2020, online, Dec 10–13, 2020
2019 · 5th Chair, SABID 2019 · IEEE Big Data 2019, Los Angeles, CA, Dec 9–12, 2019
2017 · 4th Chair, SABID 2017 · IEEE Big Data 2017, Boston, MA, Dec 11–14, 2017
2016 · 3rd Chair, SABID 2016 · IEEE Big Data 2016, Washington DC, Dec 5–8, 2016
2015 · co-org. Co-Organizer, Solar Astronomy Big Data workshop · IEEE ICDM 2015, Atlantic City, NJ, Nov 14, 2015 — co-organized with partnering workshop
2014 · 1st Chair, SABID 2014 · IEEE Big Data 2014, Washington DC, Oct 27–30, 2014Inaugural SABID