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Service & Leadership

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"Serving others
prepares you
to lead others."
~John Ruskin~

Service can take a variety of forms, including mentorship, leadership, advising, policy analysis, program development, program evaluation, community development, public education, community relations, governance, and advisory or collaborative roles. However it is manifested, it is critical for higher education and is part of faculty responsibilities as academic citizens. Service can develop one's quality of instruction and stimulate scholarship. It is an intellectual and promotional resource for institutions. Institutional service helps to get things done on campus. Professional service supports the work of the discipline and the academy at large. Service that directly engages students helps to improve their educational experience and their perception of the institution's ethos. Service to the community builds civic capital for all. Dr. Knopf is active in matters of college governance, curricular design and assessment, personnel matters, program recruitment, student support, and DEI advocacy. She serves her disciplines in various capacities, including, but not limited to, conference reviewing and programming. And she engages in public scholarship and community service wherever possible. Service must include being a co-conspirator and advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and justice. Such efforts necessitate a continuing process of learning and improving. Towards this, Dr. Knopf regularly takes advantage of educational opportunities to better understand the standpoints of others and how she can better create environments of belonging for students, faculty, staff, and community members. These efforts have included safe-zone training for LGBTQAIPD, disabled, and racial identities, anti-racism and anti-bias training, universal design training, mentorship training, workshops for pedagogies of belonging and equity, and workshops for intergroup dialoguing. She is actively involved with campus and community efforts to improve DEI, such as serving on committees and faculty groups dedicated to antiracism, sexual orientation and gender identity expression, and diversity and inclusivity action. She notes, "DEIJ work took on added meaning for me in Spring 2015 when a colleague received a series of racist and homophobic death threats which shook my campus and made visible many systemic inequities and prejudiced practices that had otherwise been ignored. As I turned class time over to group discussions, problem-solving meetings, and venting sessions, and found my usually quiet office hours suddenly populated by scared, hurt, and angry students, I received a crash-course in the difference between passive allyship and active co-conspiratorship. I worked behind the scenes with an ad hoc student group that petitioned the administration, leveraged social media, and staged multiple demonstrations to bring about rapid change in college policies and staffing. I joined the marches, the vigils, and the speak-outs, where I listened to their stories and learned that I always have more to learn."

Leadership &

Governance

In Fall 2023, Dr. Knopf became the Assistant Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at SUNY Cortland. She has also chaired or co-chaired multiple college committees (including SUNY Potsdam's English & Communication Student Liaison, Curriculum, and Personnel Committees; the SUNY Cortland Communication & Media Studies Personnel and Curriculum Committees, and a search committee; the SUNY Cortland Educational Programming Subcommittee of the Antiracism Task Force, the Presentation Skills Committee, and the Faculty Mentoring subcommittee of PRODiG). And, Dr. Knopf has served as Chair of the Political Communication and the Rhetoric & Public Address interest groups of the Eastern Communication Association, as Vice President and President of the New York State Communication Association, as a member of one of the standing committees of the National Communication Association, and as the faculty sponsor for the SUNY Potsdam Delta Omicron chapter of Lambda Pi Eta. These roles have required group communication, multi-party coordination, scheduling, decision-making, budgeting, assessment practices, outreach and promotion efforts, and knowledge of Parliamentary Procedure. She has been the lead organizer on many events, including seven honor society inductions, a "#StopAAPIHate" forum, and a state-wide conference. Dr. Knopf has been active in matters of college governance as a member of SUNY Cortland's Educational Policy Committee, and as a member of SUNY Potsdam's Faculty Senate, Arts & Sciences Council, and General Education Committee. Through this experience, she understands the channels and procedures, opportunities and limitations, for a college's maintenance, change, and growth in policies and programs. She has been part of accreditation reviews, program reviews, and system revisions, gaining experience in mission development, assessment practices, curriculum changes, policy clarifications, and more.

Curriculum &

Assessment

With service on the departmental curriculum committees in both Communication & Media Studies at SUNY Cortland and in English & Communication at SUNY Potsdam, Dr. Knopf is experienced in reviewing and developing curriculum proposals, student learning outcomes, and assessment protocols at the course and program levels. Serving as Chair of both committees, she helped usher in a variety of initiatives through research, communication, paperwork, and dialogue. She has participated actively in the external review process of her departments at SUNY Cortland and at SUNY Potsdam, and in the Middle States review and accreditation processes at SUNY Cortland, SUNY Potsdam, and the College of St. Rose. Additionally, she has helped to develop, shape, and/or implement assessment initiatives and instruments for the Speech Communication major at SUNY Potsdam, the public speaking course at SUNY Cortland, and the General Education presentation skills requirement at both SUNY Cortland and SUNY Potsdam. As Assistant Dean in the School of Arts & Sciences, Dr. Knopf took an active role in developing interdisciplinary programs in both the sciences and the humanities. Through service to SUNY Potsdam's English & Communication Graduate Committee and the Graduate Affairs Committee, Dr. Knopf gained experience in graduate program development, revision, recruitment, and funding. Both on and off the committees, she was actively involved in program assessment for curricular revisions and for improved recruitment and retention for SUNY Potsdam's MA program in discourse studies. Dr. Knopf has also taught at the graduate level, with a 600-level course at SUNY Potsdam, and has served as a reader on M.A. thesis committees at SUNY Potsdam and a PhD dissertation committee at Bowling Green State University. From Fall 2006 through Spring 2017, Dr. Knopf served as the "oral skills coordinator" at SUNY Potsdam. As a resource person to the General Education Committee, she was actively involved in the review, approval, and assessment of courses fulfilling the SUNY presentation skills General Education requirement and the college's speaking intensive requirement. This decade+ of work gave her experience dealing with college-wide curriculum revisions, SUNY system guidelines, and college discussions around mission and vision. Since Fall 2017, Dr. Knopf serves as the public speaking director and Presentation Skills Committee Chair at SUNY Cortland. In these roles, she is not only active in the review, approval, and assessment of presentation skills courses for General Education, but also in the curricular development and faculty support of public speaking classes in the Communication & Media Studies Department. Through these roles, in addition to teaching speech annually since 2001, Dr. Knopf has kept up-to-date with changes and trends in the field, including initiatives for the basic course and communication-across-the-curriculum at other colleges, particularly those within the 64-campus SUNY system.

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, Justice

Dr. Knopf is committed to supporting and expanding diversity, equity, inclusion, and access in the academy. She has served on SUNY Cortland's Antiracism Task Force and the Sexual-Orientation & Gender Identity Expression committee, and the faculty mentoring committee for the Diverse Faculty Fellows, and on SUNY Potsdam's Diversity & Inclusivity Action Coalition. She has taken a number of workshops on advocating for justice, fostering more inclusive classrooms, using universal design in teaching, and mitigating biased hiring practices. She strives to enact good IDEA practices in her classroom and to support students in their fights for equity and justice on campuses. As Vice President of NYSCA, she implemented a Land Acknowledgement as part of the annual conference and the use of pronoun stickers with conference badges and assisted in the creation and implementation of a code of conduct. Dr. Knopf recognizes that such efforts are only a starting place and that her commitment to IDEA is an ongoing work-in-progress that always has room for improvement.

Student & Faculty

Recruitment + Retention

From running focus groups and writing surveys to leading programmatic communication audits, and from creating social media profiles and content to developing group websites, Dr. Knopf has been actively involved in efforts to recruit, and keep, students in programs and initiatives at her campuses. In Fall 2023, Dr. Knopf took up the role of Assistant Dean in the School of Arts & Sciences at SUNY Cortland - a position focused largely in supporting, advancing, and celebrating student success. From 2011 to 2017, Dr. Knopf was the faculty sponsor for the SUNY Potsdam Delta Omicron chapter of the Lambda Pi Eta communication honor society. In this capacity, she annually sent the invitations to eligible students, coordinated their membership fees, and planned and hosted the induction ceremony - managing room reservations and set-up, food requests, speakers and invited guests, the ceremony script, and photos. She also worked with the group to host communication game nights, to create peer tutoring for speech, and to participate in Free Speech Week. From 2013 to 2017, she was also the faculty advisor to the SUNY Potsdam Comic Book Club. She worked with CBC students on doing comics criticism, fundraising, and charity work, as well as helping them coordinate group field trips. Lacking any student groups to work with at SUNY Cortland, she looks for ways to engage classes in some of these experiences that extend the boundaries of the classroom, such as affiliation with Project Censored and the US Media Literacy Week. She has also contributed to discussions, proposals, and outreach efforts for membership drives in her professional associations. As a member or chair of multiple personnel committees, Dr. Knopf has reviewed numerous applications for reappointment (for both tenure-track and non-tenure track appointments), tenure, promotion, and sabbatical leave, and has contributed to revisions of personnel policies and guidelines. Additionally, as a member of the NCA Convention Committee, she has worked with member feedback to foster a responsive and inclusive organization with enhanced student, faculty, and community engagement, with mechanisms in place to measure success of initiatives.

University & Professional Service

As a reviewer and editorial board member of multiple journals and as a regular reviewer, panel chair, and/or respondent for multiple scholastic organizations, Dr. Knopf understands how much unseen work is needed to maintain the activities of the academic community. Dr. Knopf has been an undergraduate student advisor to 20-40 majors and minors in communication and related programs annually since Fall 2006. She regularly participates in her college communities by representing the department at open houses and other events, processing in convocations and commencements, and attending college celebrations. She also supports campus functions and talks by colleagues and other departments. Additionally, Dr. Knopf has engaged with community service via public scholarship, doing research and transcription for museums and libraries, and working for campus get-out-the-vote initiatives. Actively involved in the National Communication Association and Eastern Communication Association since 2002, Dr. Knopf is a regular participant, chair, respondent, and reviewer for multiple professional associations. She holds lifetime membership in NCA, ECA, the Rhetoric Society of America, and the New York State Communication Association. She has served on committees, interest groups, and/or affiliates for NCA and ECA, as well as for the American Sociological Association. She is a Distinguished Research Fellow of the ECA and Wilson Scholar of the NYSCA. Through the interdisciplinary nature of comics studies, she has established connections with scholars throughout the U.S., and around in the world, in communication, rhetoric, media, literature, composition, library science, history, anthropology, sociology, political science, business, and religion.

Featured Leadership Roles & Activities

​University

  • Assistant Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, SUNY Cortland: Fall '23 - present

    • Co-Chair of the Diverse Faculty Fellows Peer Mentoring Subcommittee

    • Arts & Sciences representative to Phi Kappa Phi chapter

    • Fulbright Scholars Committee (2023)

    • Alpha Delta Scholarship reviewer/interviewer (2024)

    • Alumni Recognition & Raising the University Profile Committee (2024)

    • Administrative Assistant I search committee (2024)

    • Meet with/advise students in academic distress

    • Review degree certifications

    • Develop initiatives as needed, including policy drafting and curriculum development

    • Conduct interviews with faculty job candidates as required

    • Ad hoc meeting chair

  • Chair, Presentation Skills Committee, SUNY Cortland: Fall ‘18 – present

    • Lead review of Presentation Skills course proposals (about 3-4 per year)

    • Assist in GE assessment of Presentations Skills courses

    • Support Presentation Skills faculty

    • Edit handbook draft for Presentation Skills courses

  • Co-Chair, Anti-Racism Task Force-Educational Programming Subcommittee, SUNY Cortland: Spring ‘21 – Fall ‘21

    • Coordinated meetings

    • Took minutes

    • Managed subcommittee files and documents

    • Instigated and coordinated the May 2021 #StopAAPIHate student forum

  • Chair, Communication & Media Studies Curriculum Committee, SUNY Cortland:  Fall '21- Spring ‘22

    • Scheduled meetings

    • Led discussions to finalize program changes

    • Assisted department chair with inputting curriculum proposals into Curriculog system

    • Collected resources on social media curriculum, program recruitment, learning outcome development for use in assorted initiatives

  • Co-Chair/Chair, Communication & Media Studies Personnel Committee, SUNY Cortland: Spring '19, Fall '22-Spring '23

    • Scheduled meetings

    • Led personnel reviews in accordance with college policy

    • Implemented the use of Appreciative Inquiry for personnel review to improve efficiency of committee discussions

    • Compiled policy revisions

  • Chair, English & Communication Student Liaison Committee, SUNY Potsdam: Fall ‘16–Spring ‘17

    • Led the selection process for 20 annual student awards

    • Completed and filed paperwork to ensure award certificates and funds were released for the Arts & Sciences Honors Convocation

  • Chair, English & Communication Curriculum Committee, SUNY Potsdam: Fall ‘09–Spring ‘11

    • Scheduled meetings to review course proposals (used emails when meetings were unnecessary)

  • Faculty Advisor, Comic Book Club, SUNY Potsdam: Fall ‘13–Summer ‘17

    • Ensured students adhered to Student Government Association guidelines

    • Integrated learning opportunities into club activities

    • Supported student academic efforts

    • Led community service projects

  • Faculty Sponsor, Lambda Pi Eta (Delta Omicron) communication honor society, SUNY Potsdam: Spring ‘11–Summer ‘17

    • Managed eligibility lists

    • Sent membership invitations

    • Collected dues

    • Handled budgeting

    • Planned, implemented and hosted the annual induction ceremony - including invitations, catering, script, speakers, and decorations

    • Scheduled meetings 

    • Coordinated officer elections

    • Organized activities, including game nights and peer tutoring services

Professional Associations​

  • President, New York State Communication Association: 2021-2022

    • Scheduled and led four annual meetings and one special session in accordance with Parliamentary Procedure​

    • Implemented a new Code of Conduct and associated standing committee

  • Vice President, New York State Communication Association: 2020-2021

    • Planned the 2021 annual conference

      • Developed the theme; wrote & distributed the call

      • Solicited & coordinated paper reviewers

      • Made programming decisions and scheduled sessions

      • Secured keynote speakers

      • Designed and assembled the program copy

      • Communicated regularly with participants and member

      • Planned both hybrid and virtual variations

      • Implemented COVID-19 safety measures

      • Coordinated with the venue

      • Regularly updated the website

      • Assembled conference totes/materials

      • Instituted the use of pronoun stickers and social distancing stickers for badges

      • Introduced a land acknowledgement to the program

  • Vice President-Elect, New York State Communication Association: 2019-2020

    • Reviewed student submissions​

    • Organized top student paper awards

  • Chair, Rhetoric & Public Address Interest Group, Eastern Communication Association: 2022-2023

    • Posted call​, solicited reviewers, created panels

    • Communicated with conference organizer and interest group membership

    • Led annual meeting

    • Served the Nominating Committee

  • Co-Organizer, National Communication Assoc Pre-Convention Seminar on Public Sphere Theory: 2009 & 2010

    • Selected a theme and readings

    • Posted a call​ for participants

    • Reviewed submissions

    • Communicated with participants about acceptance and logistics

    • Crafted schedule

    • Communicated with participants

  • ​Chair, Political Communication Interest Group, Eastern Communication Association: 2008-2009

    • Posted call​, solicited reviewers, created panels

    • Coordinated the Centennial Scholar selection in Political Communication

    • Led annual meeting according to Parliamentary Procedure

    • Served the Nominating Committee

  • ​Vice-Chair, Political Communication Interest Group, Eastern Communication Association: 2007-2008

    • Planned and hosted the annual "Wine & Spots" session, with decorations and give-aways

selected institutional service

  • Presentation Skills Coordinator, Communication & Media Studies, SUNY Cortland: 2017-present

  • Presentation Skills Committee Chair, SUNY Cortland: 2018-present

  • Educational Policy Committee, SUNY Cortland: 2021-present

  • Faculty Development Center Mentoring Program: New Faculty/First Year Mentor, SUNY Cortland: 2024-2025

  • Online Teaching Group, SUNY Cortland: 2020-present

  • Antiracism Task Force, SUNY Cortland: 2020-2024

  • SOGIE [Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity & Expression], SUNY Cortland: 2021-2023

  • Cortland Votes, SUNY Cortland: 2020

  • Oral Skills Coordinator, General Education Committee, SUNY Potsdam: 2006-2017

  • Arts & Sciences Council, SUNY Potsdam: 2008-2011, 2015-2017

  • Diversity Programming & Student Training - Diversity & Inclusion Action Coalition subcommittee, SUNY Potsdam: 2016-2017

  • National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Advisory Board, SUNY Potsdam: 2010-2013

  • Faculty Senate, SUNY Potsdam: 2007-2009, 2012-2014

  • Comic Book Club faculty sponsor, SUNY Potsdam: 2013-2017

  • Lambda Pi Eta, Delta Omicron chapter advisor, SUNY Potsdam: 2011-2017

selected professional service

New York State Communication Association

  • Nominating Committee Chair: October 2023-October 2024

  • Immediate Past President: October 2022-October 2023

  • President: October 2021-October 2022

  • Vice President & 79th annual convention planner: October 2020-October 2021

  • Vice President-Elect: October 2019-October 2020

  • submission reviewer: 2019, 2020, 2021

Eastern Communication Association

  • Rhetoric & Public Address Interest Group Chair/program planner: Spring 2022-Spring 2023

  • Rhetoric & Public Address Interest Group Secretary: Spring 2022-Spring 2023

  • Political Communication Interest Group Chair/program planner: Spring 2008-Spring 2009, Spring 2023-Spring 2024

  • Political Communication Interest Group Vice Chair/'08 Wine & Spots host: Spring 2007-Spring 2008

  • submission reviewer (various sections): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

National Communication Association

  • Convention Committee: 2022-2024

  • Political Communication Division, Michael Pfau Outstanding Article Award Committee: 2022

  • Public Sphere Theory Annual Preconference Seminar Co-Facilitator/Planner: 2009, 2010

  • submission reviewer (various sections): 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

American Sociological Association

  • Peace, War & Social Conflict Section Membership Committee (volunteer): Summer 2012-Summer 2013

  • Peace, War & Social Conflict Section Student Paper Award Committee: Summer 2011-Summer 2012

selected community service

  • Registered transcriptionist, By the People!, Library of Congress: June 2020 – present

  • Volunteer Research Assistant, 10th Mountain Division & Fort Drum Museum: January 2012 – September 2014

    • Authored “Limestone Amongst Bright Jewels: A Colorful History of Madison Barracks”

    • Authored “Raising Gooseberries, Hell, and an Army: The Pine Camp Story, 1906-1935”

editorial service

  • Co-Editor, Routledge Advances in Comics Studies, 2022-present

  • Editorial Board Member, Home Front Studies, 2021-2024

  • Editorial Board Member, Lambda Pi Eta Journal, Vol. I. 2012-2014

  • Peer Reviewer, Comics Grid Journal, 2020 - present

  • Peer Reviewer, Popular Culture Studies Journal, 2019 - present

  • Guest Reviewer, Media, War & Conflict, 2023, 2019

  • Guest Reviewer, Cogent Social Science, 2023(x2)

  • Guest Reviewer, Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2023

  • Guest Reviewer, Journal of Graphic Novels & Comics, 2022, 2024

  • Guest Reviewer, Journal of Perpetrator Research, 2021

  • Guest Reviewer, Journal of Advanced Military Studies, 2021

  • Guest Reviewer, Journal of Marine Corps History, 2020

  • Guest Reviewer, War and History, 2016/2017

  • Guest Reviewer, Communication Quarterly, volume 62. 2013/2014

  • reviewer:

    • monograph, University of Texas Press: 2021/2022, 2023

    • monographs, Lexington: 2020, 2023

    • Media Literacy in Action (Rowman & Littlefield): 2022

    • The Mediated World: A New Approach to Mass Communication & Culture (Rowman & Littlefield): 2021

    • The Public Speaking Playbook, 2nd edition (SAGE Publications): 2016

    • Advanced Public Speaking: A Leader’s Guide to Communication (Pearson A&B, Longman): 2008

    • Presenting Ideas: Public Speaking (Prentice Hall Pearson Education): 2005

selected college event participation

🐲 SUNY Cortland

President's List Reception & Ceremony

  • attendee: Mar. 2024

Open House Fair

  • department representative: Nov. 2023, Nov. 2022, Oct. 2022, Apr. 2022, Oct. 2021, Nov. 2019, Oct. 2019

Undergraduate Commencement

  • marshal/crowd control: May 2024, May 2023, May 2022

  • volunteer: May 2021, May 2020

  • processional: May 2019, May 2018

Honors Convocation

  • platform party/reader: Apr. 2024

  • presenter: Apr. 2023, Apr. 2022

  • processional: Apr. 2018

Opening Convocation

  • marshal/crowd control: Aug. 2024, Aug. 2023, Aug. 2022, Aug. 2019, Aug. 2018

  • processional: Aug. 2017

National Transfer Student Week

  • Door decorating contest: Oct. 2023, Oct. 2022

  • Social Media feature: Oct. 2021

  • Kudos Board: Oct. 2020

Opening address                                                                                      

  • attendee: Aug. 2024, Aug. 2023, Jan. 2023, Aug. 2022, Jan. 2022, Aug. 2021, Jan. 2021, Aug. 2020, Jan. 2020, Aug. 2019, Jan. 2019, Aug. 2018, Aug. 2017

 

🐻 SUNY Potsdam

Open House

  • program representative: Apr. 2012, Mar. 2009, Oct. 2007

Commencement

  • processional: May 2016, May 2015, May 2014, May 2013, May 2012, May 2011, May 2009, May 2007

Arts & Sciences Awards Convocation                                                      

  • attendee: May 2016, May 2015, May 2014, May 2013, May 2011, May 2009, May 2008, May 2007

  • presenter: May 2017, May 2012

​Department of English & Communication Awards Ceremony

  • attendee: May 2017, Apr. 2016

Lambda Pi Eta Induction

  • host/organizer: Apr. 2017, Apr. 2016, Apr. 2015, Apr. 2014, May 2013, Apr. 2012, May 2011

Community Check In

  • attendee: Nov. 2016, Aug. 2016

​Exam Week Midnight Breakfast

  • volunteer: Dec. 2011, Dec. 2010, Dec. 2009, Dec. 2008, Dec. 2007, Dec. 2006

Opening Convocation                                                                                      

  • attendee: Aug. 2010, Aug. 2009, Aug. 2008, Aug. 2007, Aug. 2006

First Year Funnel                                                              

  • participant: Aug. 2010, Aug. 2007

Student Club Advisement

(2011-2017)

Selected Development Activities for Service

Desk Accessories

​Program administration

  • Assessing Prior Learning. CAEL Training through SUNY CPD. 22 Jul.-10 Aug. 2024: Moodle.

  • Greater Regard for Strengthening Communication Program Reviews and Assessment. NCA Virtual Learning Opportunity. 14 Jun. 2024: Zoom.

  • Assessment as a Tool for Inclusive Practices. Pearson Webinars. 28 Mar. 2023: online.

  • GE Assessment Discussion. SUNY Cortland. 22 Apr. 2021: WebEx.

  • Innovative Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Undergraduate Communication Students. ECA Short Course. 25 Mar. 2021: online.

  • Communication at the Disciplinary Crossroads: Navigating Uncharted Territory. NCA Preconference. 18 Nov. 2020: Zoom.

  • Speaking Intensive Assessment Workshop. Sponsored by Office of Institutional Effectiveness. 18 Feb. 2011: SUNY Potsdam.

  • Communication Across the Curriculum & General Education: COM’s Voice Across Campus. NCA Short Course. 17 Nov. 2011: New Orleans, LA.

  • More than Site: Developing and Maintaining the Essentials of a Communication Center as Centerpiece of Connection and Action. NCA Short Course. 16 Nov. 2006: San Antonio, TX. 

Mentoring & leadership

  • (A)cademic (I)ntelligence and Institutional Leadership. NYSCA Administrators’ Workshop. 20 Oct. 2024: Callicoon, NY.

  • Navigating Shifting Currents with Expertise and Experience. ECA Administrators’ and Academic Leaders’ Lunch & Learn. 22 Mar. 2024: Cambridge, MA.

  • Administrators’ Workshop: Academic Leadership in a Digital World. NYSCA, by-invitation workshop. 15 Oct. 2023: Callicoon, NY.

  • Personnel Policies, Procedures and Criteria Workshop: Pro Tips. Academic Faculty Affairs Committee, SUNY Cortland. 14 Sep. 2023.

  • Tenure, Reappointment and Promotion Workshop: For Department Chairs, Chairs of Department Personnel Committees and Others Interested in the Process. Academic Faculty Affairs Committee, SUNY Cortland. 23 Sep. 2022.

  • Future of Convention Task Force Open Forum. NCA. 25 Aug. 2022: Zoom.

  • Crowd Manager Training. SUNY Cortland, via the North Carolina Department of Insurance OSFM. 6 Apr. 2022: online.

  • Get Your Head Under New Management. Kendall Hunt Sponsored Event. 10 Feb. 2022: Zoom.

  • SUNY Cortland Women’s Leadership Workshop. Sponsored by the Gender Policies and Initiatives Council. SUNY Cortland. 12 Jan. 2022: WebEx.

  • Conversation with NCA Leadership. NCA special meeting. 24 Aug. 2021: Zoom.

  • Public Deliberation: Solving Divisive Issues Together. Community Roundtable Series, SUNY Cortland. 1 Apr. 2021: WebEx.

  • How Community Engagement Leads to Tangible Outcomes. Bang the Table. 26 Feb. 2021: webinar. 

  • Experiments in Deliberation Among Higher Education Institutions. Kettering Foundation Research Exchange. 19 Nov. 2020: online.

  • Coping with Stress in Uncertain Times (for Educators). Pearson Higher Ed. 5 Oct. 2020: Webinar.

  • Business Communication. Goodwill Community Foundation & Google Digital Garage. 14 Aug. 2020: Google.

  • Build Confidence with Self-Promotion. Google Digital Garage. 14 Aug, 2020: Google.

  • Building a Content Strategy for Social Media. HubSpot Academy. 14 Aug. 2020.

  • How to Increase Productivity at Work. Google Digital Garage. 14 Aug. 2020: Google.

  • How to Manage a Remote Team. HubSpot Academy. 13 Aug. 2020.

  • Crowd Manager Training. SUNY Cortland, via the North Carolina Department of Insurance OSFM. 16 Aug. 2019: online.

  • 2 Hour Departmental Portfolio-Building Workshop. Communication Studies Department, with Kathleen Lawrence. 10 May 2018: SUNY Cortland.

  • National Communication Association Leadership Development Program. NCA LAP Sessions. 24 Nov. 2017: Dallas, TX.

  • Faculty Peer Mentoring. SUNY Center for Professional Development. 12 Sep. 2008: East Syracuse, NY. 

Community Advocacy

  • Book Club/Discussion Group: How the Word is Passed. SUNY Cortland. Fall ‘21-Spring ‘22: MS Teams.

  • Vote Woke: Empower Students to Vote with Books and Community Support. School Library Journal Summit. 24 Oct. 2020: online.

  • Book Chat: How to Be an Antiracist. Faculty Development Center, SUNY Cortland.  22 Oct. 2020:WebEx.

  • A Community Conversation with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. Friends of the Central Library, Syracuse University Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Hendricks Chapel, & The Lender Center for Social Justice. 21 Oct. 2020: Webinar.

  • Voting During a Pandemic: What We Know About Voting by Mail. Hot Topics in Politics: The Election Series, Pearson. 1 Oct. 2020: Webinar.

Technology Use

  • Introduction to DreamWeaver MX 2004. Sponsored by the Interactive Media Center. 23 Mar. 2004: University at Albany.

  • Introduction to Simple JavaScripts. Sponsored by the Interactive Media Center, University at Albany. 16 Mar. 2004: Albany, NY.

  • Introduction to XHTML. Sponsored by the Interactive Media Center, University at Albany. 24 Feb. 2004: Albany, NY. 

  • Adobe Photoshop. Sponsored by the Interactive Media Center, University at Albany. 23 Feb. 2004: Albany, NY.

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