SERVICE

Service To Profession:

• Membership Committee (Chairperson), Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (Fall 2007-Spring 2008)

• Bruce Smith Award Committee (Chairperson), Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (Fall 2007-Spring 2008)
  

• Membership Committee (Deputy Chairperson), Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (Spring 2006-Fall 2006)

• Founders Award Committee (Chairperson), Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (Fall 2005-Spring 2006)

• Immediate Past President, Southern Criminal Justice Association (Fall 2004 - Fall 2005)

• President, Southern Criminal Justice Association (Fall 2003 - Fall 2004)

• 1st Vice President, Southern Criminal Justice Association (Fall 2002 - Fall 2003)

• 2nd Vice President, Southern Criminal Justice Association (Fall 2001 - Spring 2002)

• Board Member, Criminal Justice Distance Learning Consortium, available on the Web at: http://cjcentral.com/cjdlc.

• Board Member, Southern Criminal Justice Association (Fall 1998 to Fall 2001)
  
 
• Editor of "The Dialogue", Southern Criminal Justice Association (Fall 1998 to Fall 2001) (now on-line, click HERE) 
  
 
• Secretariat Ad-Hoc Committee, Southern Criminal Justice Association (Fall 1998 to present)
  
 
• Publications Committee, Southern Criminal Justice Association (Fall 1998 to present)
  
 
•  Fund Raising Committee, Southern Criminal Justice Association (Fall 1998 to present)
  
 
• Outstanding Book Award Committee, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (Fall 1998)
  
 
• Web Master, Southern Criminal Justice Association (Spring 1998 to present) (http://www.scja.net)
  
 
• Audio-Visual Committee, Southern Criminal Justice Association (Spring 1998 to present)
  
 
• Student Paper Awards Committee, Southern Criminal Justice Association (Spring 1998 to present)
  
 
• Membership Directory Committee, Southern Criminal Justice Association (Spring 1998 to present)
  
 
• E-Mail Mentor, American Society of Criminology (Fall 1997 to present)

• REVIEWER for a dozen journals

Service To Community:

• Board Member, Blue Ridge Dispute Settlement Center (Fall 2006 - present)
  

• Town of Boone Planning Commissioner (appointed, Spring 2005 - Fall 2006)

• Founder, Boone Bill of Rights Defense Committee (2003) ... led to passage of SIX resolutions (so far) calling for the modification of the USA PATRIOT Act ... Details
  

• Crime prevention consultant, OASIS domestic violence & rape crisis center (2001)

• Crime prevention consultant, Watauga County Schools (1999)

• Big Brother, Watauga Youth Network One on One Program (1998-1999)

• Board Member, Human Rights Committee, New River Behavioral Health (Summer 1998-1999)
  
 
• NAMI Representative, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill-High Country (Fall 1997-1999)

Service To University, College, Department:

• WAY too many committees!