PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICE

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER, special issue of Communication Research, "Bridging
established and emergent directions in communication research."

SERVICE TO THE ANNENBERG SCHOOL

• School of Communication, Education Committee, Fall 1997 to present. The committee oversees recommendations regarding teaching competence and curriculum changes.
• Annenberg School for Communication, Signage Committee, Summer 1997 to present.
• Annenberg School for Communication, Renovation Committee, Summer 1996 to present.
• School of Communication, Computing Facilities Committee, Spring 96.
• Renovation initiatives for the School:
  (1) planned the renovations for the relocation of the graduate assistant offices in the Annenberg Building, Summer 1997;
  (2) designed and fabricated inexpensive interim signage and directories for the Annenberg Building, 95-96;
  (3) planned the renovation of the graduate assistant offices in the Annenberg Building, Summer 1995;
  (4) assisted the departmental staff in organizing the relocation of CAAS to the Annenberg Building and helped coordinate during the move, Summer 1995.

CONFERENCE PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION

• Conference Planner for the Western States Graduate Student Communication Conference (the Miniconference), to be co-hosted by the Annenberg School and by the Department of Library and Information Science of UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies on March 20-21, 1998.
• Chief Conference Planner and Organizer for the revival of the Western Miniconference, hosted by the Annenberg School on April 11-12, 1997. Responsibilities included estimating and overseeing the conference budget, setting up and overseeing conference committees, supervising the submissions and review process, screening submissions, and editing and publishing the conference program.

INSTRUCTIONAL AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES INITIATIVES

• TA Training: developed a Teaching Assistant training program in coordination with USC's Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET) and School of Communication Faculty, Fall 98 & 99.
• Roundtable discussions: in consultation with faculty, developed and organized new orientation roundtable discussions for the incoming graduate student class in Fall 97 & 98.
• Internet and web training: in consultation with faculty, created and taught two new computer training events for the incoming graduate student classes in Fall 97 & 98:
• Graduate Student Handbook: wrote a Doctoral Student Handbook for incoming and returning students in Fall 97; revised and extended it in concert with Randall Lake, Director of the PhD program, Fall 98.
• Electronic Card Catalog: in consultation with the Directors of the Schools of Communication and Journalism, and the Dean's office, conceived and conceptually designed (including budget estimates) the creation of an Electronic Card Catalog for the Resource Center, Annenberg's own library, and fabricated much of its basic hyperlink architecture.

GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION OFFICES AND COMMITTEES

• President 97-98
• Librarian 96-97
• Faculty Representative 95-96
• Orientation Committee, Fall 1995 to present

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Worked with the Los Angeles chapter of Habitat for Humanity to refurbish their World Wide Web page and expand their Web presence to attract construction professionals; this project was developed at my initiative as part of my participation in the Presidential Fellows Program (see Honors), 1996-97.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Communication Association (NCA)
Western States Communication Association (WSCA)
Rhetoric Society of America (RSA)