Service to the Profession
Renaissance Society of America
Board of Directors. Chair, Associate Organizations and International Cooperation. Responsible for: promoting the interests of one hundred and nineteen Associate Organizations and facilitating their relations with each other and with the Board; considering applications for association with international and domestic groups and organizations, and presenting recommendations to the Board. 2024 – 2027
Nominating Committee, 2025-
Focus Group. Five Year Plan and Capital Campaign. 2025
Focus Group. Future Directions for the Renaissance Society of America. March 2024
Associate Organizations and International Cooperation Committee. Council for the Renaissance Society of America, 2021-2024
Ad Hoc Committee for the creation of a new Mission, Vision, & Values Statement, 2020
Folger Institute Consortium – Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC
Central Executive Committee (CEC). 2018-
Program Planning Subcommittee. Consider and prioritize the nominations for program topics. 2026 -
Chair, Focus Group. Environmental Studies. Developing program planning with CEC. 2024-2026
Working Group on Folger Institute Undergraduate Opportunities. 2023-2024
UMass Amherst Representative. 2018-
Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA
Short-Term Research Fellowships Committee. 3 year appointment: 2017; 2018; 2019
Shakespeare Association of America
Ad Hoc Committee. Sexual Harassment Policies and Procedures, 2023-2024
Chair. Ad Hoc Committee to produce a revised statement & policies on gender and sexual harassment for the Shakespeare Association of America. 2020 - 2021
Nominating Committee. Committee to nominate Trustees and VP. 2015-2016
Ad Hoc Committee to produce a policy on gender and sexual harassment, 2015-2016
Board Memberships & Editorial Experience
Editorial Board. English Literary Renaissance. 2018—
Editor. Michigan Feminist Studies. “Within Hostile Borders,” Issue 18, 2004.
Editorial Assistant. Gay Shame, eds. David Halperin and Valerie Traub. U Chicago Press, 2008.
Editorial Assistant. Oral Tradition. Editor, John Miles Foley. 1998-2000.