Service

Professional Service

Series Editor (with Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay). Studies in Global Genre Fiction. Routledge. 2017-present.

Associate Editor. Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 2019-present.

Member. International Editorial Board. Journal of Posthumanism. 2021-present.

Judge. The David. G. Hartwell Emerging Scholar Award. International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, 2022.

Juror. Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (for best short science fiction of the year). Gunn Center for Science Fiction. University of Kansas. 2020-present.          

Member, ad hoc Bylaw Amendment Committee. Science Fiction Research Association. 2021.                                                                                                                                                                      

Reviewer. Museum of Science Fiction Journal of Science Fiction. 2020-present.

Reviewer for Chiricú Journal: Latina/o Literatures, Arts, and Culture. 2019-present         

Reviewer for Extrapolation. 2017-present 

Reviewer. Studies in Popular Culture. 2017-present.

Reviewer. Journal for the Fantastic in the Arts. 2015-2019.

Assistant Editor. Science Fiction Section. The Los Angeles Review of Books. February 2015-2017.

        Editorial Board. Supernatural Studies (ISSN 2325-4866). October 2012-January 2014.

Member. Student Paper Award Committee. Science Fiction Research Association. 2014-2015.

SCIAFA Representative to the Executive Board of the International Conference of the Fantastic in the Arts. May 2010-May 2012.

President. Student Caucus of the International Association of the Fantastic in the Arts. May 2010-May 2012.

Departmental, College, & University Service

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Humanities Program Coordinator. 2021-present.

Latinx American Studies Minor Coordinator. 2019-present.

Member. McNair Grant Reapplication Committee. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, 2021-Present.   

Member. College of Arts and Sciences Diversity and Inclusion Committee. 2020-present.

Advisor, Interdisciplinary Studies. 2020-present.

Faculty advisor, The Latin American Student Association (LASA). 2019-present

Faculty advisor, the Empowering Latina Leader Aviators Subcommittee (ELLAS) of the Latino Pilots Association (LPA). 2020-present

Co-faculty advisor. Society of Women in Space Exploration. 2019-present.

        Member, University Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Committee. 2020-present.

       Interim Languages Coordinator. 2019-2020

Santa Fe College

  Chair. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee. 2014-2017.

          College Composition Textbook Committee. English Department. 2014-2015.

  The University of Iowa

Chair. Textbook Committee. General Education Literature. 2012-2014.

Editor. The University of Iowa Custom Edition of the Norton Introduction to Literature Shorter 11th Edition. New York: Norton, 2013.

Committee Member Elect. Council for the Status of Women. 2012-2014.

Member. CSW Diversity and Campus Climate Committee. 2014.

Member. Textbook Committee. General Education Literature Program. 2010-2011.