Department

• Assisted with the documentation/drafting of the SACS report (Criminal Justice), Sul Ross State University—Rio Grande College.
• Faculty Co-Advisor, “Alpha Tau Omega” (ATO) Criminal Justice Student Club (Sul Ross State University—Rio Grande College).
• Criminal justice adviser to various undergraduate and graduate students (University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Howard College, Texas A&M University—Central Texas, Sul Ross State University).
• Supervised independent studies for both graduate and graduate students (University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Texas A&M University—Central Texas, Sul Ross State University).
• Served on Master’s Thesis Committees (University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee).
• Delivered guest lectures (University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Howard College, Texas A&M University—Central Texas).
• Involved in various student related activities.

School/College Committees

• Assisted with QEP activities, Sul Ross State University—Rio Grande College.
• Member, Student Service Fee Advisory Committee, Sul Ross State University—Rio Grande College.
• Member, Financial Aid Appeals Committee, Sul Ross State University—Rio Grande College.
• Member, SWTJC/RGC Library Advisory Committee, Sul Ross State University—Rio Grande College.
• Member, Search Committee for Financial Aid Counselor, Sul Ross State University—Rio Grande College.
• Member, Faculty Senate, Sul Ross State University—Rio Grande College.
• Member, Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee.
• Member, Awards Committee, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee.
• Member, Research Policy Committee, Helen Bader School of Social Welfare, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee.

University Committees

• Member, Search Committee for Associate Provost and Dean of Rio Grande College.
• Member, SRSU Research Initiative Task Force (RITF), Sul Ross State University.
• Vice-Chair, Faculty Senate, Howard College.
• Faculty Senate Representative, Board of Trustees Meetings, Howard College.
• Member, Admissions and Standards Committee, Howard College.
• Member, Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects (IRB), University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee.
• Member, Faculty Senate, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee.
• Member, Hispanic Council, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee.
• Member, Advising Task Force/Action Team (Assessment Subcommittee), University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee.

Program Initiatives

• Created and implemented in 2010, jointly with Dr. Ferris Roger Byxbe, the SRSU-Rio Grande College ONLINE Bachelors of Science degree in criminal justice. This program was designed to enhance educational opportunities for working practitioners and others who wish to pursue an undergraduate degree in criminal justice.

Community Service

• Involved in various community functions regarding students, faculty, and community related issues and activities, particularly guest lectures.
• Guest Speaker for Falcon Book Club (2016), N.M Glass Elementary School, Eagle Pass, Texas.
• Guest Speaker for Phi Theta Kappa induction, 2012, Southwest Texas Junior College.
• Guest Speaker for Phi Theta Kappa induction, 2010, Southwest Texas Junior College.

Academic and Professional Service

• Reviewer for Justice Quarterly.
• Reviewer for Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society.
• Reviewer for International Criminal Justice Review.
• Reviewer for Critical Criminology: An International Journal.
• Reviewer for Theoretical Criminology.
• Review for The Internet Journal of Criminology.
• Reviewer for Criminal Justice Policy Review.
• Reviewer for International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice.
• Reviewer for Criminal Justice Review.
• Reviewer for Latino Studies.
• Reviewed book chapters, books, prospectus, and Tables of Content for publishers.
• In 2012, assisted, as an “Amicus Curiae,” the prestigious Austin, Texas law firm of Johns Marrs Ellis & Hodge in the drafting of a Supreme Court amicus brief (on behalf of the Mexican government), involving a Mexican national (Rosa Estela Olvera Jimenez) who was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
• Have served as an “external (outside) reviewer” for Professors’ candidacy for tenure and promotion (to Associate or Full Professor), which involves a review/assessment of the candidates “academic record” (i.e., teaching, scholarship, and service), including curriculum vitae, narrative of their philosophical approach to their respected profession, accomplishments, publications, ongoing research, and other creative scholarship.