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Academic
Member, Editorial Board, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, current.
Member, Editorial Board, Strategic Studies Quarterly, 2009-2011.
Member, Executive Council,
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Armed Forces and Society, (2005); Polity (2011)
Editor,
Editor,
Academic
Research Intern,
Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New
Research Intern, Women in International Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP),
Research Assistant to Jagat Mehta, former Foreign Secretary, Government of India, April
2000-July 2000.
Awards and Honors
Recipient of the 2023 Max and Tillie Rosenn Award for Faculty Excellence.
Honorable Mention Delegation Award, King's College, National Model UN Conference, New York.
Disitingushed Delegation Award, King's College, National Model UN Conference, New York.
Summer
Research Grant,
King’s College,
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,
2018.
Summer
Research Grant,
King’s College,
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,
2012.
South Asia
Institute Fellowship,
The
University of
Texas at
Austin, Austin,
Texas, 2006.
Member, President’s Advisory Council.
Member, Goal 5 -Community, Strategic Planning Task Force.
Associate Professor at Large, Curriculum and Teaching Committee, 2022-2024.
Division B Representative, Faculty Governance Task Force.
Elected Faculty Representative, President’s Committee on Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion, DEI, King’s College
Participant, “Global Justice, Sustainability, and Equity, 2021 Pennsylvania Council for International Education, PACIE Conference, October 11, 2021.
Member, Pennsylvania Council for International Education, 2021-2022.
Advisory Board Member, Center for Teaching and Excellent in Learning (CELT), King’s College, 2020-2022.
Advisory Board Member, KC-WiSE, King’s College, 2021-2023.
Member, Women’s Studies Committee, King’s College.
Member, Wilkes-Barre Peace and Justice Center, 2021-2022.
Member, Facutly Scholarship Committee.
Chair, Academic & Professional Affairs Committee, 2019-2020.
Completed
the following tasks as A&P Chair:
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Approved
changes to language on ‘Eligibility for representatives who change ranks during
the committee term’ in the handbook by an all-faculty vote.
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Approved
changes to language on ‘Extending Faculty Council Chair term by one year’ in the
handbook by an all-faculty vote.
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Generated a survey question on whether tenure decisions should be made by the
president. Most faculty said yes with a few exceptions.
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Approved
the DSS for the Engineering Department.
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Worked
with Faculty Council to develop the idea of shared governance.
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Created
a new proposal, titled, ‘Senior Faculty Excellence in Scholarship Awards.’
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Approved
minor revisions to the language on Faculty Summer Research Grants.
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Reviewed
applications for the Summer Research Awards Program and submitted
recommendations to Academic Affairs.
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Approved
a memo on removing CART language in the handbook with the exception of one item
that will be tabled for fall 2020.
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Created
a plan/memo to add $50 per day toward childcare/dependent care to faculty
conference travel.
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Reviewed recommendations of the Procedural Review
Committee and the Tenure and Promotion Committee. Created a memo to clarify
standards and improve language on procedures and principles specifically on
Section IV, paragraph F, point 1 on
page 31 of the Faculty Handbook;
Section IV, paragraph I, point 5 on
page 40 of the Faculty Handbook;
Section IV, paragraph I, point 7 on
page 41 of the Faculty Handbook;
Section IV, paragraph K, point C on
page 43 of the Faculty Handbook.
Member,
In Times of Change (ITOC) Committee.
Elected CELT Advisory Member for 2020-2022.
Member, Women’s Studies Committee.
Academic Mentor, KC-WiSE.
IITS
Certification for Online Instruction. Developed and taught 3 courses online
after transition to distance learning.
Member,
Women in International Security (WIIS),
Washington DC.
Member,
International Studies Association
(ISA)
Member,
Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society
(IUS-AFS).
Chair-Elect, Academic and Professional Affairs Committee, King's College, starting 2018.
Division B Representative, Academic and Professional Affairs Committee, King's College, 2017-2018.
Academic Mentor, KC-WiSE Women in STEM Program, 2017-2018.
Faculty Coordinator, India Study Abroad Program, 2015-2016.
Student Government Advisor, Freshman Class, King's College, 2012 -
Member, Middle States Self-Study Task Force, King's College, 2012 - 2013.
Member, Assurance of Learning Committee, King's College, 2011-current.
Track Chair, Public Policy, Global Landscapes Conference, King's College, April 2012.
Academic Advisor, Political Science Majors, King's College, 2009- current.
Assistant Prof-at Large, Academic and Professional Affairs Committee, King's College, 2010 - current.
Member, Steering Committee, Peace and Justice Center, Wilkes-Barre, Fall 2010.
Participated in Faculty Development Seminar, Center for Ethics, King's College, August 2009- January 2010.
Co-President, Graduate Student Organization,
Department of Government,