Service & Development

• 2022 Religion and Media Workshop, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Denver, Colorado

• 2021 Religion and Media Workshop, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, Texas

• 2020 Religion and Media Workshop, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Virtual

• 2019 Annual Upper Midwest Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, St. Paul, Minnesota

• 2018 Graduate Student Council Student Roundtable Series, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Denver, Colorado

• 2018 Annual Upper Midwest Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, St. Paul, Minnesota

• 2017 Graduate Student Council Programming, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Boston, Massachusetts

• 2022-Present Assistant Editor, Journal of Religious Ethics

• 2018-2022 Chair and Steering Committee Member, Religion and Media Workshop of the American Academy of Religion

• 2019 Peer Reviewer for Communication, Culture and Critique

• 2017-2019 Student Director of the Upper Midwest Region of the American Academy of Religion

• 2018 Peer Reviewer for Contemporary Women’s Writing

• 2021-2022 The Department of Religion and Culture's Brown Bag Series Coordinator, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• 2015-2018 Graduate Student Critical Theory Reading Group Coordinator, The University of Iowa

• 2015-2018 Religion Graduate Student Organization (RGSO), The University of Iowa

  • Co-Coordinator, 2017-2018

  • Faculty Committee Representative, 2016-2018

  • Graduate Student Mentor, 2016-2017

  • Secretary/Treasurer, 2016

  • Social Event Chair, 2015-2016

• 2016-2017 UI Council on the Status of Women Member, The University of Iowa

• 2015 Advanced Graduate Student Workshop Leader, The University of Iowa

• 2022 “Religion and Secularism” The Religious Other Inclusion Workshop, Tri-Faith Initiative, Omaha, Nebraska

• 2022 “Christian Nationalism” Workshop, Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, Blacksburg, Virginia

• 2021-2022 New River Abortion Access Fund Grant Writing Committee Member, Blacksburg, Virginia

• 2019 “Islam and Veiling Practices” Workshop Host, Lutheran Campus Ministries, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

• 2018 “Women and Islam” Workshop Host, JustChurch, Iowa City, Iowa 

• 2018 “Women and Islam” Workshop Host, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Iowa  

• 2017 “Islam” Three-Part Workshop Co-Host, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Iowa City, Iowa

• 2015 “Islam” Guest Discussion Leader, Lutheran Campus Ministries, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

• 2023 Future Humans, Human Futures: Religion, Technology and Ethics Workshop, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• 2019-2021 Secularity and Sanctity in the Modern Era Working Group, Obermann Center, The University of Iowa

• 2015-2020 Graduate Student Critical Theory Reading Group, The University of Iowa

• 2020 Humanities for the Public Good Networking Workshop, Obermann Center, The University of Iowa

• 2020 Bridging the Gap: What I Said vs. What They Heard Workshop, The University of Iowa

• 2019 Social Justice and Vulnerability in the Classroom Workshop, The University of Iowa

• 2019 Managing the Market Summer Professional Development Series, The University of Iowa

• 2018 Summer Doctoral Seminar, Wayne State University

• 2018 Dissertation Writing Summer Camp, The University of Iowa

• 2018 Grant and Fellowship Writing Seminar, The University of Iowa

• 2016 Iowa N.E.W. Leadership Institute, The University of Iowa

• American Academy of Religion

• International Society for Media, Religion, and Culture

• Theta Alpha Kappa

• Alpha Kappa Delta

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