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SERVICE & PD

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Service 

Service to Aims Community College

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  • Mentorship:

    • Served as a Peer Mentor in the Aims New Faculty Peer Mentorship Program (2021-2022; 2023-2024)​

  • Participated in the Yellowdig Pilot Program (2021-2022)

  • Co-organizer of and co-facilitator of the Aims Staff and Faculty Writing Group (2018-2020)

  • Aims Community College's Fulbright Scholar Liaison (2019-2021) ​​

  • Facilitation of Breakout Sessions:

    • "ThingLink: An Engaging Tool for Teaching, Scholarship, and More." A breakout session for the 2022 TAP Into Learning Faculty Conference, co-facilitated with Meg Spencer.  

    • "Designing Virtual Escape Rooms." A breakout session for the 2022 TAP Into Learning Faculty Conference. 

    • "Decolonizing Your Curriculum." A breakout session for the 2020 Fall Faculty Conference.

    • "The Finish Line Game: Walking in Our Students' Shoes." A breakout session for Spring 2019 Conversation Day, co-facilitated with Sarah Schwartzman Ramsey and Scott Reichel.

    • "The Finish Line Game: Walking in Our Students' Shoes." A breakout session for Spring 2019 TAP Into Learning Faculty Conference, co-facilitated with Sarah Schwartzman Ramsey and Scott Reichel.

    • "The Finish Line Game: Walking in Our Students' Shoes." A breakout session for Fall 2018 Convocation Day, co-facilitated with Sarah Schwartzman Ramsey and Scott Reichel.

    • "Gaming to Learn." A breakout session for the Spring 2018 TAP into Learning Faculty Conference, co-facilitated with Kendra Griffin. 

    • "Assessing and Reflecting on Your Workload." A breakout session for the Spring 2018 TAP into Learning Faculty Conference, co-facilitated with Allison Easley. 

    • "Taking Care of Yourself to Take Care of the Community." A breakout session for Spring 2018 Conversation Day, co-facilitated with Allison Easley. 

  • Invited Presentations, Lectures, and Discussions:​

    • "Is Inequality Inevitable? Exploring Part I of Evicted Through the Lens of Archaeology." An Aims Read Book Club discussion session (February 26th 2020)

    • "Race: What it is and what it most certainly is not." ​Invited lecture for Nursing Student Orientation (August 13th 2019)

    • "Again and Again: The Predictable Patterns of Genocide." An Aims Read Book Club discussion session (March 6th 2019)​

    • "Race: What it is and what it most certainly is not." ​Invited lecture in Fundamentals of Nursing (NUR 109)  (October 10th 2018) 

    • "When Crossing Isn't A Choice." A discussion exploring "forced migrations," focusing on the 2017-2018 Aims Read, The Distance Between Us. (April 3rd and April 17th 2018)​

    • "The Evolution of Skin Color, the Creation of 'Race,' And the Impact of 'Race' in Medicine." Nursing Faculty Culturally Responsive Teaching Sequence lecture (February 19th 2018)

    • “Aims Excellence” Presentation to the Board on using board games in the classroom (September 6th 2017)

    • ​"Race: What it is and what it most certainly is not." Associated Students of Aims Community College invited lecture (April 28th 2017)

  • Invited “In Search of Peace: Making Sense of Mass Violent Events in American Culture” panel member (November 13th 2017)

  • Service-Related Conference Attendance:

    • 2017 Continuous Quality Improvement Network (CQIN) Summer Institute (August 2017, Chicago)

    • Represented Aims at the 2:2 State Education Conference (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021)

    • Represented Aims at the Fac-2-Fac/2:4 State Education Conference (2014, 2015)

  • Committees, Task Forces, and Think Tanks:​ 

    • Sabbatical Review Committee (2023-Present)

    • Signature Magazine Editorial Team (2023)

    • FTLC Think Tank (Chair 2017-2021, committee member 2021-Present)

    • TAP Into Learning Faculty Conference Planning Committee (2018-Present)

    • Aims Ally Adoption Team (2021-2022)​

    • Council for Equity and Inclusion (CEI, formerly "The Inclusiveness Council")​​ (2015-2021)

    • Westview Classroom Refresh Working Group (2018-2021)

    • Adjunct Faculty Committee (FTLC Representative) (2017-2021)

    • Learning Council (2017-2021)

      • Faculty Handbook Subcommittee​ (2019)

      • Universal Syllabus Subcommittee (2018)

    • Aims Common Read (2017-2021)

    • Human2Human​ (2016-2021)

    • Convocation and Conversation Days Planning Committee ​(2016-2021; Co-Chair 2016-2017)

    • College (Covid) Reintegration Team (2020)

      • Teaching Technology Subcommittee (Lead)​

      • Supporting Caregivers Subcommittee

      • Training Subcomittee

    • Velocity Think Tank (2020)

    • Assessment Architecture Task Force (2020)

    • Institutional Data Governance Committee (Chair) (2019-2020)

    • Center for Diversity and Inclusion Workgroup (2018)

    • Online Textbook Network Advisory Committee (2017-2018)

    • Learning Commons Advisory Committee (2017)

    • Executive Steering Committee on Web Accessibility (2017)

    • Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) Passport Initiative Group for Aims Community College​ (2016-2017)

    • Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Steering Committee (2015-2017)

    • Student Learning and Assessment Team (2014-2016)

    • ​All Campus Action Committee (2013-2016)

    • Course Evaluation Working Group (2014)

  • Hiring/Search Committees:

    • Anatomy and Physiology Instructor (2021)

    • FTLC Program Coordinator Hiring/Search Committee (Chair. 2020)

    • Vice President of Academic Affairs (2018-2019)

    • Anatomy and Physiology Instructor (2018)

    • Director of Learning Environments (2017)

    • Academic Technology Specialist (2017)

    • FTLC Staff Associate (2017)

    • Nursing Instructors (two positions) (2017)

    • Political Science Instructor (2016-2017)

    • History Instructor (2015)

    • Director of Cultural Inclusiveness (2015) 

  • Accreditation: 

    • Co-hosted (with Bryanne Ostoyich) three Faculty Mock-Forums in preparation for the October 2017 HLC Site Visit

    • Attended HLC Open Faculty Forum during HLC Site Visit

    • Attended HLC Action Project Forum during HLC Site Visit

  • Represented Aims at the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges Section Business Meeting at the 2015 American Anthropological Association Annual Conference

  • Co-Advisor of the Social Sciences Association of Aims (2013-2015)

 

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Service to the Greater Aims Community​

  • Invited facilitator of a Super Science Saturday program for kids on archaeology; Town of Windsor (2019)

  • Invited guest lecturer on the evolution of human skin, the historic creation of “whiteness,” and modern racism; UNC Introduction to Anthropology (2017)

  • Taught a class for Aims' Community College Day called “Inequality in the Archaeological Record” (2014)

  • Guest speaker for the Greeley Rotary Club on Inequality in the Archaeological Record (2014)

 

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Service to the University of Iowa’s

Department of Anthropology (2007-2010)

  • Invited lecturer to Alissa Whitmore’s Archaeology and Popular Culture course in the Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa (3/01/2010)

  • Graduate student representative for the external review of the University of Iowa Department of Anthropology (3/01/2010)

  • Treasurer of the University of Iowa Department of Anthropology Graduate Student Association (8/2008-5/2010)

  • Secretary of the University of Iowa Department of Anthropology Graduate Student Association (8/2007-5/2008)

 

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Service to the Greater

University of Iowa community (2006-2011)

  • Committee Member of the Professional Advancement Grants Committee, Executive Council of Graduate and Professional Students, University of Iowa (10/2010-3/2011)

  • Mentor at the Honors Networking Dinner, hosted by the University of Iowa Honors Program (4/19/2009)

  • Committee Member of the Scholarly Presentations and Research Grants Committee, University of Iowa Student Government (8/2006-8/2007)

  • Graduate Senate Representative of the University of Iowa Student Government (8/2006-7/2007)

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Service to Anthropology and Scholarship

  • External Member on Claire Kopp's Doctoral Committee, Department of Higher Education Leadership, Colorado State University: "The Perils of Parenting: A phenomenological study of the unpartnered mother scholar experience." (2021-2023)

  • External Reviewer for the Salt Lake City Community College Department of Anthropology's Five Year Review (Fall 2021)

  • Anonymous reviewer for an article submitted to the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (8/2014)

  • Student Representative of the Society for American Archaeology’s Student Affairs Committee (2008-2012 term) (SAC liaison with the SAA archaeological record 4/08-4/2012) 

  • Anonymous reviewer for three articles submitted to the Journal of Contemporary Anthropology (12/2010, 3/2011, 7/2011)

  • Forum Discussant in the forum Students Present! How to Prepare and Deliver a Successful Paper, a forum organized by the Student Affairs Committee at the 74th Annual Society for American Archaeology, April 23rd 2009, Atlanta, Georgia

​Professional Organizations

Note: This section only lists organizations with current member status. 

  • Archaeology Southwest

  • Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists (CCPA)

  • Rocky Mountain Biological Anthropology Association (RMBAA)

  • Society for American Archaeology (SAA) 

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​Conferences and Workshops

Note: This section covers attendance only; For conference presentation details, please see the Scholarship section. 

  • Attended the 2023 Rocky Mountain Biological Anthropology Association (RMBAA) Annual Meeting (September 2023)

  • Attended the 2022 eLearning Consortium of Colorado (eLCC) Annual Conference (virtual, April 2022) 

  • Attended the “Conversations from the Mesa” webinar “Results of Archeological Surveys and Testing for the Mesa Top and Cliff Palace Loops Roadwork,” Presented by Christine McAllister, and Archeologist with Mesa Verde National Park (April 2022)

  • Attended “Frans de Waal: Different - Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist,” a virtual lecture and discussion hosted by The Commonwealth Club (April 2022)

  • Attended “Saving Yellowstone: The Creation of a National Icon,” a lecture and discussion hosted by Smithsonian Associates (April 2022)

  • Attended “Charles Darwin in Context: The Evolution of Dangerous Ideas,” a virtual lecture hosted by Smithsonian Associates with Dr. Rui Diogo (March 2022)

  • Attended the Spring 2022 TAP Into Learning Faculty Conference, Aims Community College (January 2022) 

  • Attended the 2021 Leadership in Higher Education Virtual Conference (November 2021)

  • Attended the CDHE Equity University session: “What Is Critical Race Theory and its Impact in Higher Education?” (October 2021)

  • Attended the webinar: “Nice White Ladies: A Conversation with Dr. Jessie Daniels by the Adaway Group” (October 2021)

  • Attended the Virtual 2021 Fall Faculty Conference: Learning Partnerships, Aims Community College (September 2021)

  • Attended the "The Power, Authority, and Governance of Native Nations: Understanding United States Federal Indian Policies" Institute by the National Museum of the American Indian (July 2021)

  • Attended the "Whiteness at Work: Organizational Reckonings: Past, Present, and Future" Webinar by The Adaway Group (June 2021)  

  • Attended the virtual panel "Building Adult Capacity For Anti-Racist Instruction" by Newsela (April 2021)

  • Attended the 2021 eLearning Consortium of Colorado (eLCC) Annual Conference (virtual, April 2021) 

  • Attended the virtual panel "Museums are Not Neutral," sponsored by the Illinois State Museum, (October 2020)

  • ​Attended the "Their Voice is Ours: Indigenous Perspectives on the Wolf Nation" panel discussion, co-sponsored by the Denver Zoo and CSU's Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence (October 2020)

  • Attended the "Reclaiming the Ancestors: Indigenous and Black Perspectives on Repatriation, Human Rights, and Justice" Panel Discussion, sponsored by the Society of Black Archaeologists, Indigenous Archaeology Collective, Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies, Wenner-Gren Foundation, and SAPIENS (September 2020)

  • Attended the "Archaeological Pedagogy in the Era of Black Lives Matter" Panel Discussion, sponsored by University of California Berkeley's Archaeological Research Facility (September 2020)

  • Attended the “Biological Anthropology Women’s Mentoring Network Course Shell Share Event” to improve my abilities when teaching online (August 2020)

  • Attended Densho's "Xenophobia: From Japanese American Incarceration to Immigrant Detention Today" Virtual Teach-In (June 2020)

  • Attended the League for Innovations "Reimagining Your Campus for the Future of Work and the 'New Normal'" Webinar (May 2020)

  • Attended the 2019 Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology (COLTT) Conference (Boulder, CO, August 2019)

  • Attended and co-facilitated a session at the 2019 Teaching Professor Conference (New Orleans, June 2019)

    • Participated in the Faculty Development Super Track

    • Attended the Pre-Conference Workshop "Creating a Faculty Learning Community on Inclusive Pedagogy​"​

    • Attended the Pre-Conference Workshop "Facilitating a Growth Mindset in Faculty Development"​

  • Attended the January 2019 Denver Chapter Colorado Archaeological Society Meeting

    • Featured Talk: "Good Things in Small Packages? Investigating Pocket Gophers as Food at the Rainbow Site," by Dr. Meredith Wismer of Aims Community College

  • Attended the Higher Education Diversity Summit (HEDS) (Denver, September 2018)

  • Attended and presented at the June 2018 Denver Chapter Colorado Archaeological Society Meeting

  • Attended the 2018 Teaching Professor Conference (Atlanta, June 2018)

  • Attended the May 2018 Denver Chapter Colorado Archaeological Society Meeting 

    • Featured Talk: "Western Views on 'Eastern Groups': Understanding the Dismal River (Plains Apache) Occupation of Colorado," by Dr. Sarah Trabert of the University of Oklahoma 

  • Attended the National Community College Conference on Service Learning and Community Engagement (Red Rocks Community College, CO, May 2018)

  • Attended and presented at the ADVANCE Talks Conference: Advocating Development, Versatility, Aspiration, Networking, Community and Education. Sponsored by the American Association for Women in Community Colleges, Rocky Mountain Chapter. (Loveland, CO, April 2018) 

  • Attended the 40th Annual Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists Annual Meeting (Longmont, CO, March 2018)

  • Attended the 16th Biennial Southwest Symposium (Denver, January 2018)

    • Attended the Writing for the Public Workshop​

  • Participated in the 2017 Continuous Quality Improvement Network (CQIN) Summer Institute (Chicago, August 2017)

  • Attended the 2017 Teaching Professor Conference (St Louis, June 2017)

    • Also attended the Pre-Conference Workshop "Faculty Development Through the Lens of Learning​"

  • Attended the Higher Education Diversity Summit (HEDS) (Denver, April 2016 and April 2017)

  • Attended and presented at the 2015 American Anthropology Association Annual Meeting (Denver, November 2015)

  • Attended and presented at the 37th Annual Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologist’s Meeting (Estes Park, CO, April 2015)

  • Attended and presented at the at the 2012 Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists Annual Meeting (Durango, CO, March 2012)

  • Attended and presented at the 2011 Central States Anthropological Society Meetings (Iowa City, April 2011)

  • Attended and presented at the 76th Annual Society for American Archaeology Meeting (Sacramento, April 2011)

  • Attended and presented at the 11th Quadrennial Conference of the International Conference for ArchaeoZoology (Paris, August 2010)

  • Attended and presented at the 75th Annual Society for American Archaeology Meeting (St. Louis, April 2010)

  • Attended and presented at the Midwestern Archaeological Conference (Iowa City, October 2009)

  • Attended and presented at the 74th Annual Society for American Archaeology Meeting (Atlanta, April 2009)

  • Attended and presented at the 73rd Annual Society for American Archaeology Meeting (Vancouver, March 2008)

  • Attended and presented at the 72nd Annual Society for American Archaeology Meeting (Austin, April 2007)

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Training and Development at Aims

  • FTLC Fridays Workshops (Spring 2022)

    • All IN-clusive!

    • Help Failing Students and those Struggling with Online Learning

    • How Can I Use Microactivities to Engage Students And Improve Learning and Retention?

    • Co-Creating Rubrics with Students

  • Completed the FTLC's Winter 2021 Equity Bootcamp (2021)

  • FTLC Fridays Workshops (Fall 2021)

    • How Do I Release My Students’ Natural Zest and Curiosity for Better Learning?

    • How do I Infuse Equity into any Online Class?

  • Yellowdig Workshop (2021)

  • Tech Tuesday Training: Library Video Resources (2021)

  • Participated in the Online Faculty Peer Mentoring Program as a Mentee (Fall 2021)

  • Title IX Training (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)

  • Completed the "Engaging Students Online" Three-Week Workshop (2020)

  • Title VII Training (2019, 2020, 2021)

  • DREAMer Zone Training (2019)

  • LGBTQ+ Safe Zone Training (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)

  • Using Events to Engage Your Campus in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives (2019)

  • Active Shooter Training (2017, 2018, 2019)

  • Attended the Black History 101 Mobile Museum (Exhibit and Lecture) by Khalid El-Hakim (2019)

  • Attended the Lecture, "Beyond Freedom Dreams: The Radical Love of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." by Dr. Aida Martinez-Freeman (2019)  

  • Performance Management Training (2018)

  • Lunch & Learn: Motivating your staff and improving morale (2018)

  • Equal Employment Opportunity Training (2018)

  • Microagressions, Equity, and Inclusion: Lessen the Racial Divide to Create an Inclusive Campus Culture Webinar (2018)

  • Banner Training (2017)

  • Introduction to Baldrige Workshop (2017)

  • Anatomage Table Training (2017)

  • Argos Training (2017)

  • Campus Labs Training (2017)

  • Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity Training presented by the Global Refugee Center of Greeley (2016)

  • “Curriculum Transformation” Breakout Session on Inclusiveness in the Curriculum at Aims Community College Conversation Day 2016; Presenter: Dr. Brian A.T. Husby, Professor of Education, Aurora University, Chicago.

  • Teaching and Learning with Technology Day (2015, 2016)

  • Developing a Culture of Continuous Improvement Workshop (2015)

  • Online Learning Strategies Breakfast (2014)

  • Advisor Training (2014)

  • Faculty in the Community Day/Workshops (2013, 2014)

  • EDU 260 Adult Learning and Teaching (2013)

  • EDU 263 Teaching and Learning Online (2013)

  • Strengths Quests Workshop (2013)

  • Flipping the Classroom Seminar (2012)

  • Classroom Safety Webinar (2012)

  • Introduction to the Smart Board Training (2012)

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External Training and Development

  • Yellow Dig Instructor Certification Course (2021)

  • Accessible Documents Course with Utah State University's Center for Persons with Disabilities (Spring 2021)

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