Chair, 2006-2007 Newsletter Committee, 2011-2012 Outreach Committee Chair, 1999-2002 Webmaster, 2006-2009 Annual Program Committee for Fear of Crime, 2010 Annual Program Committee for Juvenile Corrections, 2008 Annual Program Committee for Corrections, 2006 Annual Program Committee for Gender, Sentencing and Criminal Justice Processing, 2004 Annual Program Committee for Types of Crime, Victims and Offenders, 2002 Annual Program Committee, Division Chair for Gangs and Crime, 2000 American Sociological Association, 1996-2002 Association for Criminal Justice Research (), 1999-2003 Association for Doctoral Programs in Criminology and Criminal Justice Vice President (elected), 2015-2017 Law & Society Association, 1993-1998 Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1995-2007 Southern Sociological Society, 2000-2002 Departmental Service Search Committee, Departmental Office Assistant, Summer 2015 Department Self-Study Committee, Criminology, Law and Society Graduate Program, 2014-2015 Internal Chair Search Committee, Spring 2015 (appointed) Merit Review Committee, 2014-2016 (appointed) Graduate Committee, Fall 2003-Summer 2005, Fall 2006-Spring 2013, 2014-present Graduate Comprehensive Exam Committees Crime and Justice, Fall 2009-Present Committee Chair, Fall 2009-Present Research Methods and Theory, Summer 2004-Summer 2009 Committee Chair, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2008-2009 Faculty Mentor for Assistant Professor, Lora Levett, 2005-2012 Ronald L. Akers Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, Spring 2012, Spring 2016 Department Manager Selection Committee, Spring 2011 Criminology, Law and Society Graduate Coordinator, January 2008-August 2010 Department Merger Graduate Task Force, 2008-2009 Institute for Crime, Justice and Policy Research Concept Paper Evaluation Committee, Newsletter Committee Chair, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, Fall 2006-Spring 2009 Executive Committee (elected), Department of Criminology, Law and Society, Spring 2006-May 2008 Departmental Tenure and Promotion Committee, Assistant Professor Lora Levett, Fall 2012, Committee Chair Search Committee, Fall 2007 Senior Search Committee, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, Fall 2006-Spring 2007 Search Committee, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, Fall 2004-Spring 2005 Search Committee, Center for Studies in Criminology and Law, Spring 2003 Chair, Planning Committee, Center for Studies in Criminology & Law, Spring 2001-Summer 2005 Subcommittee, 2001-2002 Strategic Planning Subcommittee on Graduate Program, Department of Sociology, 2000-2001 Research Initiative Committee, Center for Studies in Criminology and Law, 1999-2000
Chair, 2006-2007 Newsletter Committee, 2011-2012 Outreach Committee Chair, 1999-2002 Webmaster, 2006-2009 Annual Program Committee for Fear of Crime, 2010 Annual Program Committee for Juvenile Corrections, 2008 Annual Program Committee for Corrections, 2006 Annual Program Committee for Gender, Sentencing and Criminal Justice Processing, 2004 Annual Program Committee for Types of Crime, Victims and Offenders, 2002 Annual Program Committee, Division Chair for Gangs and Crime, 2000 American Sociological Association, 1996-2002 Association for Criminal Justice Research (), 1999-2003 Association for Doctoral Programs in Criminology and Criminal Justice Vice President (elected), 2015-2017 Law & Society Association, 1993-1998 Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1995-2007 Southern Sociological Society, 2000-2002 Departmental Service Search Committee, Departmental Office Assistant, Summer 2015 Department Self-Study Committee, Criminology, Law and Society Graduate Program, 2014-2015 Internal Chair Search Committee, Spring 2015 (appointed) Merit Review Committee, 2014-2016 (appointed) Graduate Committee, Fall 2003-Summer 2005, Fall 2006-Spring 2013, 2014-present Graduate Comprehensive Exam Committees Crime and Justice, Fall 2009-Present Committee Chair, Fall 2009-Present Research Methods and Theory, Summer 2004-Summer 2009 Committee Chair, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2008-2009 Faculty Mentor for Assistant Professor, Lora Levett, 2005-2012 Ronald L. Akers Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, Spring 2012, Spring 2016 Department Manager Selection Committee, Spring 2011 Criminology, Law and Society Graduate Coordinator, January 2008-August 2010 Department Merger Graduate Task Force, 2008-2009 Institute for Crime, Justice and Policy Research Concept Paper Evaluation Committee, Newsletter Committee Chair, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, Fall 2006-Spring 2009 Executive Committee (elected), Department of Criminology, Law and Society, Spring 2006-May 2008 Departmental Tenure and Promotion Committee, Assistant Professor Lora Levett, Fall 2012, Committee Chair Search Committee, Fall 2007 Senior Search Committee, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, Fall 2006-Spring 2007 Search Committee, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, Fall 2004-Spring 2005 Search Committee, Center for Studies in Criminology and Law, Spring 2003 Chair, Planning Committee, Center for Studies in Criminology & Law, Spring 2001-Summer 2005 Subcommittee, 2001-2002 Strategic Planning Subcommittee on Graduate Program, Department of Sociology, 2000-2001 Research Initiative Committee, Center for Studies in Criminology and Law, 1999-2000