Being an involved campus citizen has always been central to my identity as a professor, first at Presbyterian College and now at Oxford College of Emory University. My late parents imparted to me a sense of duty to be engaged in the community in which we lived, and my father especially showed me the sheer joy that comes from a life and career at a small liberal arts college. The sense of duty and responsibility to contribute in some way, however small, and to making a place better than I found it is at the core of my being, thanks to my parents and to my other teachers along the way.

 

My focus and work within the realm of service have shifted in recent years due to the formal administrative role I assumed in 2018 as Associate Dean for Faculty Development (ADFD) and Director of the Oxford Center for Teaching and Scholarship (OCTS) and in my role as Senior Associate Dean for Teaching, Scholarship, and Strategic Initiatives. That work falls within 3 broad categories: