1. Communication Curriculum Committee (CCC)

• Member and Secretary, 2015-present (Committee Chairs, Denise Scannell and Chris Swift).

1.1 Health Communication Major

• Goal achieved: A baccalaureate program in Health Communication.

1.2 Speech Competition (2015-2020)

• Assisted with 2019 and 2020 Speech Competition for organizer Zheng Zhu.
• Printed certificates and served as a judge (2019, 2020).
• Assisted with Beitler Grant (2019)
• With co-chair Zheng Zhu, organized 2016, 2017, and 2018 Speech Competitions.\
• Received Elaine Beitler Grant to provide awards to contestants (2016, 2017, 2018).
  • I served as Master of Ceremonies.
• With co-chairs Shauna Vey and Ramon Albino-Rodriguez, organized 2015 Speech Competition.
  • I served as Master of Ceremonies.
  • Winners won top prizes CUNY wide CLASP Competition, March 4, 2016.

2. Improvements to COM 1330, Public Speaking (2017-present).

• With Chris Swift, created Blackboard Template for COM 1330 Public Speaking
• Goal acheived: Template for COM 1330 on Blackboard, integrated with McGraw Hill Connect.
• Completed five day training with Karen Lundstrem, June 10 and June 15-18th, 2020.
• Created OER site for Public Speaking
• Assisted with adoption of McGraw Hill Connect Online Platform for Public Speaking.
• Helped to draft, scan and enter results of Student Satisfaction Survey into spreadsheet (Spring, 2018).
• Textbook The Art of Public Speaking reviewed for evidence of communication theories, Fall 2017.
• Received certificate from McGraw Hill Connect Training, January 18 and 27, 2017.
• Created COM 1330 website on Open Lab with shared repository of course documents, 2015-present.
• Contributed to standardization of COM 1330 Public Speaking curriculum.
  • With Zheng Zhu, prepared memorandum sent to COM 1330 instructors specifying new requirements, Oct 16, 2015.
  • Facilitated workshop with COM 1330 Instructors to explain new requirements.

3. Academic Minors in Arabic and Spanish

At request of Dean and Chair I made editorial suggestions for three academic minors:

• Arabic and Cultural Studies (submitted by Khalid Lachheb). Comments.
• Spanish Language (submitted by David Sánchez Jiménez). Comments.
• Hispanic Language and Culture (submitted by David Sánchez Jiménez). Comments.

4. Grade Appeals Committee

Helped evaluate and resolve three appeals, Spring 2020 (1, 2, 3).

5. Humanities Department Self Study

• Contributed to Communication Curriculum portion of Humanities Dept. Self-Study, mainly about proposed baccalaureate program, in preparation for External Evaluator Report, 2015-2016.

6 Works in the Works

7. Valedictorian/ Salutatorian Selection Committee and Speaking Coach

• Served on Selection Committee, Spring 2020 and Spring 2021.
• Coached Valedictorian and Salutatorian on graduation ceremony speech.

8. Health Communication Symposia (2019, 2021)

• Organized and hosted “2021 Online City Tech Health Communication Symposium” May 7, 2021.
  • Supported by Mellon Foundation Transformative Learning in the Humanities grant
  • A half day of talks and panels about health inequities. Over 100 in attendance.
  • Goal accomplished: Bringing attention to health disparities.
• Organized and hosted “City Tech Health Communication Symposium” with Denise Scannell and Zheng Zhu. Oct. 2, 2019
  • Supported by National Communication Association Grant
  • A full day of presentations on Health Communication from experts.

8. Brooklyn College Speech Evaluations (Fall 2020 to present)

• Goal accomplished: Providing City Tech students, faculty and staff with free speech screenings, workshops and resources for improved English language pronunciation.
• Scheduled, promoted and coordinated screenings and workshops
• With much assistance from Chris Swift and Ann Delilkan.
• Assisted Organizer Chris Swift Spring 2020 (cancelled because of COVID) and Fall 2019.

9. Diversity and Inclusion in College Education (DICE)

• Enlisted to help Professor Amit Mehrotra draft diversity statement for NYCCT syllabi, June 2020.
• Created banner image for DICE website
• Participated in Studying Stonewall round table event, organized by Dionne Bennett, Oct. 9, 2019.

10. NYCCT College Council

• Delegate at Large 2018-present
• Served on Curriculum Committee and chaired a subcommittee

11. School of Arts and Sciences Assessment Committee

• Department Liaison (w/Khalid Lachheb) and Secretary of SoAS Assessment Committee, 2015-2019

11.1 Oral Communication (General Education Assessment)

• Coordinated General Education Assessment for Oral Communication, Spring 2019.
• 104 students scored on Persuasive Speech in COM 1330; Final Presentations in COM 2402 and 3401.
• Facilitated Oral Communication Rubric pilot test, March 24-28, 2016

11.2 Critcal Course Assessment

• Completed and revised Critical Course Report for COM 1330 Public Speaking, August 2020.

11.3 Middle States

• Identified by Provost Bonne August as subject matter expert (SME) on assessments for Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) representatives visit, March 16, 2018.
• Contributed to success of MSCHE evaluation.
• Prepared all MSCHE required documents, placed in Humanities Folder on S-Drive, March 16, 2017

11.4 SoAS Secretary

• SoAS Assessment Committee Secretary, fall 2017 to spring 2019
• Took meeting minutes.
• Appointed by Dean Vasquez-Poritz March 31, 2017.

11.5 Intercultural Competence

• With colleague Dr. Lachheb, designed survey instrument based on AACU Intercultural Competence Rubric, to assess intercultural knowledge and competence of French students, Fall 2016.

12. Online Learning Advisory Committee (OLAC)

• Volunteered for OLAC COVID-19 Task Force, March 2020.
• Took minutes at meetings, Fall 2019.
• Helped connect online learning to Gen Ed Learning Outcomes, Spring 2019 at Chair’s Meeting, March 2019.

13. Health Sciences Internal Advisory Council/ SoPS Interprofessional Education Task Force

• Appointed to Health Sciences Internal Advisory Council by SoPS Dean Smith.
• Invited by Dean Smith to Interprofessional Education Task Force, 2016-2020.
• Goal acheived: helped create Associate of Science degree in Health Sciences (ASHS).
• Created COM 1403 Introduction to Communication in Healthcare Professions with help from NYCCT Allied Health faculty.

Book/Chapter Reviews for Publishers 

• Book reviewer for Kendall Hunt Publishers textbook, Public Speaking 3.0: Technology and 21st Century Presentations by Sherwyn Morreale and Janice Thorpe. May, 2021.
• Book reviewer for Oxford University Press textbook, Contemporary Public Speaking: Simple Techniques for Effective Results by Ron Jackson and Tina Harris. August, 2020.
• Book proposal reviewer for SAGE Publications textbook Essential Public Speaking (author unknown). November, 2019.
• Book reviewer for Kendall Hunt Publishers for two chapters of textbook Health as Communication Nexus: A Service-Learning Approach by Marifran Mattson and Jennifer Gibb Hall. October, 2019.
• Book reviewer for Oxford University Press for textbook Practically Speaking by J. Dan Rothwell. August, 2017.

Blind reviews for Qualitative Research in Medicine and Healthcare (journal)

• Emerging themes in physician-patient communication from the physician’s perspective. June 3, 2019.
• Ceilings of treatment: A qualitative study in the emergency department, July 18, 2018.
• Educating junior health professionals about error and open disclosure, Sept. 28, 2017.

Conference Paper Reviews

I volunteer as anonymous reviewer of submissions for some of the main conferences in my field.

National Communication Association (NCA) 2021

• Anonymous reviewer (three submissions) for NCA Health Communication Division

National Communication Association (NCA) 2019

• Anonymous reviewer (nine submissions) for NCA Health Communication Division, Critical Cultural Studies Division and Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division

American Public Health Association 2018 (APHA)

• Anonymous reviewer (six submissions) for Public Health Education and Health Promotion program

National Communication Association (NCA) 2018

• Anonymous reviewer (nine submissions) for NCA Health Communication Division, Critical Cultural Studies Division and Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division

National Communication Association (NCA) 2017

• Anonymous reviewer (eight submissions) for Health Communication Division and Critical Cultural Studies Division

Eastern Communication Association (ECA) 2016

• Anonymous reviewer for Media Division (four submissions); Health Communication Division (four submissions); Communication and Technology Interest Group (two submissions); Philosophy of Communication Division (two submissions)

Southern States Communication Association (SSCA) 2015

• Anonymous reviewer for Intercultural Communication Division (3 submissions) and Ethnography Division (3 submissions).