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Professional Service


William & Mary


  • University Procedural Review Committee  (2021 – 2024)
  • Faculty Assembly Representative for the School of Education (2016 – 2019)
  • Faculty Assembly Executive Committee (2016 – 2018)
  • Faculty Assembly Faculty Affairs Committee, Chair (2016 – 2019)
  • Faculty Assembly Academic Affairs Committee  (2018 – 2019)
  • Faculty Assembly Representative for the School of Education (2014 – 2015)
  • Faculty Assembly Executive Committee  (2014 – 2015)
  • Faculty Assembly Faculty Affairs Committee (2014 – 2015)
  • Faculty Research Committee (2013 – 2016 )
  • Search Committee for School of Education Dean, Co-chair (2012 – 2013)
  • Panel member for Women’s Network Promotion and Tenure Workshop (2012)
  • New Faculty Orientation Roundtable Discussion  (2010)
  • Honorary Degree Comittee (2009 – 2012)
  • Facilitated a Professional and Professional Faculty Assembly planning process  (2010)
  • Facilitated Swem Library in a visioning and planning process (2007)
  • Conducted a climate study at Swem Library (2004)

William & Mary School of Education


  • Faculty Evaluation Committee (Alternate) (2020 – 2021)
  • Chair, Search Committee for Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership Position (2019-2021)
  • Faculty Executive Committee (2014 – 2015, 2016 – 2019)
  • Faculty Affairs Committee (2002 – 2005, 2014 – 2015, 2016-2018 )
  • Faculty Affairs Committee, Chair (2004 – 2005, 2017 – 2018)
  • Task Force on Ph.D. Research Preparation (2016 – 2018)
  • Academic Affairs Committee, Chair (2014 – 2015)
  • Strategic Planning Climate Committee (2014 – 2015)
  • Faculty Evaluation Committee (2011 – 2013)
  • Search Committee for Educational Psychology Position (2011 – 2012)
  • Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership Area Coordinator (2006 – 2010)
  • Task Force on Research Preparation, Chair (2007 – 2009)
  • School of Education Executive Committee (2004 – 2010)
  • Search Committee for Assistant to the Dean and Admissions Director Positions 2006 Task Force on Faculty Evaluation, Co-chair (2004 – 2005)
  • Search Committee for Educational Technology Faculty Position (2004 – 2005)
  • Search Committee for Educational Leadership Faculty Position (2001 – 2002)
  • EPPL Task Force on research preparation of our students (2001 – 2002)
  • School of Education Faculty Secretary (2001 – 2002)
  • Brickell School Leaders Partnership Program (2000 – 2012)

American Educational Research Association (AERA)


  • Division A Nominating Committee for Vice President (2016 – 2017 )
  • Division A Excellence in Research Award Review Committee Chair (2016)
  • AERA Division A Secretary (2013 – 2015)
  • Member of Supervision and Instructional Leadership SIG (2012– present )
  • AERA 2012 Division A Career Scholar Award Committee (2012)
  • AERA 2011 Division A Excellence in Research Award Chair (2010-2011)
  • AERA 2005 Division A Program Chair (2004 – 2005)
  • AERA 2004 Division A Section Chair (2003 – 2004)
  • Division A Dissertation Award Committee (2001 – 2002)
  • Division A Nominating Committee for Vice President and Secretary (2000 –2001)
  • Reviewer, Discussant, Chair for Annual Meeting (1998 – present)
  • Member of Teaching in Educational Administration SIG (1999 – present )
  • Member of Organizational Theory SIG (1998 – 2012)
  • Division A New Member Session Panel Member (2000)

University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA)


  • UCEA Executive Committee (2016 – 2019)
  • Consultant, UCEA Executive Committee for Appreciative Inquiry Process (2013 – 2015)
  • UCEA Ambassador (2015, 2016)
  • College of William & Mary Plenum Representative (2013 – present)
  • Membership Review Committee (2014)
  • Clark Graduate Student Seminar Faculty (2015)
  • Publications Committee (2011 – 2014)
  • Clark Graduate Student Seminar Planning Committee and Faculty 2001 – 2002
  • Reviewer, Discussant, Chair for Annual Conference 2000 – present

  • Journal of Research on Organization in Education Founding Editorial Board (2016 – 2019)

  • Journal of Research in Leadership Education (JRLE) Editorial Board (2012 – 2018)

  • British Education Research Journal (BERJ) International Advisory Board (2015 – 2018)

  • American Journal of Education (AJE) Advisory Board (2015 – 2021)

  • Educational Administration Quarterly Editorial Board )2002 – 2010)

  • Acquisitions Editor (2004 – 2010)

  • Guest Editor of a Special Issue devoted to research on Trust (2007 – 2009)

  • Reviewer of the Year Award (2007)

Manuscript Referee for the Following Journals


  • American Educational Research Journal
  • American Journal of Education
  • Contemporary Educational Psychology
  • Educational Administration Quarterly
  • Educational and Psychological Measurement
  • Elementary School Journal
  • European Journal of the Psychology of Education
  • European Journal of Social Psychology
  • Journal of Applied Social Psychology
  • Journal of Educational Administration
  • Journal of Educational Psychology
  • Journal of School Leadership
  • Journal of Teacher Education
  • International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education
  • Psychological Reports
  • Review of Educational Research
  • Teaching and Teacher Education

Book Reviews


  • Routledge (2017)
  • Sage Publications (2016)
  • Sage Publications (2008)
  • Allyn & Bacon (2005)
  • McGraw-Hill Higher Education Group (2004)

External Reviews


Provided an external promotion review for:

  • Bar Ilan University
  • Hebrew University
  • Michigan State University
  • Old Dominion University
  • The Open University of Israel
  • University of California at San Diego
  • University of Illinois
  • University of Missouri
  • University of West Florida

External Dissertation Reviews

  • University of Waikato (2015)
  • University of New England, Australia (2013)
  • Lehigh University

Other

  • Grant Proposal Review, The Education University of Hong Kong (2021)
  • Estonian Research Council (2014)
  • The joint leadership preparation program at the University of Missouri at Columbia and the St. Louis Public Schools (2007)

Virginia Professors of Educational Leadership (VPEL)


  • Representative from the College of William and Mary (2000 – 2015)
  • President (2003 – 2004)
  • Subcommittee on the Alternative Certification of Administrators (2003 – 2005)
  • Subcommittee on the Internship (2001 – 2004)

Virginia Department of Education


Advancing Virginia’s Leadership Agenda, Standards Task Force Chair (2008 – 2009)


State Action for Educational Leadership Project


Preparation of a policy brief for the Commonwealth Education Policy Initiative (2002)


School Leadership Institute


  • Evaluation of an Achievable Dream School in Newport News (2001 – 2002)
  • School Climate Data Analysis and Presentations for PLLRS (2001 – 2002)

Leadership Coach


  • Provided coaching to a building-level leader team at a school in Virginia (2014 )
  • Provided coaching to a building-level leader in a turnaround school in Virginia (2010)
  • Provided external coaching to district and building level leadership in a small city school district in Ohio. (2004 – 2005)
  • Provided external coaching to an elementary school serving a low-income community in a small city in Ohio. This school aligned with the Coalition of Essential Schools with funding through a Comprehensive School Reform Development grant. (1999 – 2002)

Coach Training


  • Provided in depth coach training to instructional coaches in a Virginia high school (2021 – 2022)
  • Provided in depth coach training to building-level leaders in a Virginia school system (2014 – 2015)