Recent Activities and Highlights
2021-Present – Psychology Department, Chair
2022-Present – Science Liaison between Division 6 and the APA
2022-Present – “Better Together” Conference Planning Committee
2024-Present – Women’s Global Leadership Conference, co-chair
2023-2024 – Faculty Executive Committee, President of the Faculty
2017-2023 – Neuroscience Program, Co-Director
2022-2023 – Vulcan Teaching Excellence Award winner for Agnes Scott College
2022-2024 – Faculty Executive Committee, Officer
2021-2022 – Curriculum Committee, Member
2022 – Member of the Committee on Equality in Professional Opportunity (CEPO) for the Southeastern Psychological Association
2021-2022 – Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology, Newsletter Editor
2019-2022 – National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula, American Psychological Association, member of Working group
2017 – 2020 – Institutional Review Board of Agnes Scott College, Reviewing Member
2018 – Board of Scientific Affairs, American Psychological Association, invited to attend Fall 2018 meeting to discuss the strategic plan for the future of psychological science.
2018-2019 – Division of Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology, American Psychological Association, selected to be program chair for 2019 meeting in Chicago, IL.
2018-2019 – Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science, American Psychological Association, re-selected to serve as Membership Chair (2018-2019).
2018-2021 – Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science, American Psychological Association, elected to serve as Member-at-large for a three year period (2018-2021)
2017-2018 – Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science, American Psychological Association, re-selected to serve as Membership Chair (2017-2018).
2016-2018 – Committee on Animal Research Ethics (CARE), American Psychological Association, served three year term (2016-2018) that included annual visits to Washington, D.C. to advocate for psychological science on Capitol Hill.
2016 – Panelist at FOCUS event geared towards attracting underrepresented groups to graduate school in STEM fields at Georgia Tech
2015 – Attended Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL), Summer Leadership Institute of the Association of American Colleges & Universities
2015 – Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Elected to three year term as member of the Executive Council (2015-2018)
2014 – Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Served as Program Chair for the 2014 Meeting.
Elected to Editorial Board – Frontiers in Comparative Psychology
Ad hoc reviewer
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, Learning and Behavior, Journal of Comparative Psychology, Frontiers Psychology, International Journal of Comparative Psychology, Developmental Science, Animal Behaviour, Behavioural Processes, PeerJ, PLOS One
Agnes Scott College
Community Day Planning Committee (2017)
Advisor for the Pre-Vet club (2017-present)
Co-advisor for Psychology and Neuroscience Club (2013-present)
Advisor for Nu Rho Psi (Neuroscience Honor Society)
Various campus activities such as Orientation Day, Service Saturday, Community Day, Discover the Sciences, Scholar’s Weekend, Achievement Weekend, Alumnae Weekend
