Tom Mould
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Elon University
Elon Univer s ity Cam pus Box 2035 Elon, NC 27244 (336)278 - 5746 tm ould@elon.edu
EDUCATION
2001 PhD Folklore, Indiana University. Dissertation title: “Choctaw Prophecy: A Legacy of the
Future.” GPA: 4.0. Minor: Museum studies with coursework in Anthropology and Journalism.
1998
MA in Folklore, Indiana University: Thesis title: “Choctaw Folk Tales.” Passed with
Distinction. GPA: 4.0
1992
B.A. in English Literature. Washington University. GPA: 3.5. Minor: Fine Arts. Mortar Board,
Member of Golden Key Honor Society, Dean’s List.
CURRENT POSITION
 Associate Professor of Anthropology, Elon University
 Social Sciences Director of the Elon College Fellows Program
 Director of PERCS: The Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies
RESEARCH INTERESTS
 Oral Narrative
 Prophecy and Sacred Narrative
 Social & Cultural Constructions of Identity
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Ethnography; video, collaborative
American Indian Cultures
Cultures of the American South
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught
 Folklore
 Cultures of the South
 Video Ethnography
 American Indian Folklore
 North American Indian Literature
 North American Indian Cultures
 Language and Culture
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Global Experience
Literary Journalism
Paths of Inquiry
Anthropology Senior Seminar
Aboriginal Australian Cultures
Interpreting Literature
College Writing
Teaching Positions
Present Elon University: Associate Professor of Anthropology
(2003)
Courses in anthropology, folklore, ethnography, general studies, interdisciplinary studies
and literary journalism.
2003
(2001)
Elon University: Assistant Professor—English and Sociology/Anthropology
Courses in video ethnography, folklore, literature and writing.
2002
(2001)
University of North Carolina Greensboro: Lecturer—Anthropology
Courses in folklore and language and culture.
2001
(1998)
Indiana University: Associate Instructor—Folklore
Courses in American Indian culture, folklore and oral literature and Indiana folklore
2000
(1997)
Indiana University: Associate Instructor—Journalism
Courses in basic journalistic reporting and writing, magazine writing and visual
communication
1997
Indiana University: Assistant Instructor—Folklore
(1996)
Led two discussion sections of Introduction to Folklore.
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Present Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies (PERCS)
(2003)
Director: developed ethnographic program for Elon University to assist student and
faculty ethnographic research and provide a resource for the local community. Recently
launched Project PERCS: a multi-year, interdisciplinary, collaborative ethnographic
research project in Cowee, NC that partners students, faculty and community members.
Present
(2003)
Elon College Fellows Program
Director: developed Paths of Inquiry course for first year Fellows students and direct the
Social Science Fellows.
1999
Traditional Arts Indiana
Fieldworker: conducted fieldwork throughout southern Indiana, consisting primarily of
recorded interviews with local artists, and culture bearers. Worked with director and other
fieldworkers to evaluate and improve program and develop a database for the products of
this fieldwork.
1998
Indiana University Art Museum
Producer: helped produce a permanent exhibit of Asian art. Worked on project from
conception, through research and construction, to final installation.
1997
Choctaw Archives
Consultant: worked with archivist to help organize collection including labeling and storing
audio and video tapes, photographs, and material objects such as baskets and dolls.
1997
Mathers Museum of World Cultures
Producer: produced exhibit on ritual dance outfits of the Totonac Indians. Worked with
small group to conceptualize entire exhibit as well as to design and produce the section
on Totonac daily life. Individually wrote placards for introduction and conclusion of show.
1997
(1995)
Trickster Press/Folklore Forum
Editorial Staff: Jobs have included evaluating and editing submitted articles, processing
all book orders, laying out finished articles into desktop publishing program.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
In
Latter-day Lore. Logan: Utah State University Press.
Progress Expected publication date: Fall 2013.
Co-edited with Eric Eliason: A book of seminal works in the field and current, unpublished
studies exploring the breadth of depth of Mormon folklore scholarship. Introductory
essays to each thematic section of the book, as well as an introductory essay to the
entire book, will provide the larger historical and theoretical contexts to frame the
individual studies.
2011
Still the Small Voice: Narrative, Personal Revelation, and the Mormon Folk Tradition.
Logan: Utah State University Press.
A study of the oral narrative tradition of Mormon personal revelation. This study draws on
ethnographic fieldwork, archival collections and mass media publications in the analysis
of almost 500 narratives of personal revelation. Narratives are interpreted in their various
social, cultural and historical contexts with accompanying essays on current issues
relevant in the study of folk narrative today.
2011
The Individual and Tradition: Folkloristic Perspectives. Bloomington: Indiana University
Press.
Co-edited with Ray Cashman and Pravina Shukla: A book of original essays taking a
performer-centered approach to the study of folklore. Essays explore the role of an
individual in the creation of tradition, historical relationships between performer and
tradition as constructed in folklore studies, and theoretical issues involved in fieldwork,
analysis and dissemination of scholarship as related to the individual performer.
2004
Choctaw Tales. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi
A collection of contemporary and historical narratives of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians. An extensive introduction, section on the narrators, and thorough footnotes help
to contextualize these narratives historically, culturally, socially and personally to make
the tales as accessible as possible to both the scholar and the general public.
2003
Choctaw Prophecy: A Legacy of the Future. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press
Analysis of prophetic discourse among the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. This
study takes the individual performance as its primary unit of analysis and addresses the
intersection of form and function in the creation of artistic performances meaningful on
personal, social, and cultural levels.
Journal Articles & Book Chapters
2012
“Chahta siyah ókih”: Ethnicity in the Oral Tradition of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians.” In Ethnic Heritage in Mississippi, ed. Shana Walton, pp219-60. Jackson:
University Press of Mississippi.
2009
Narratives of Personal Revelation Among Latter-day Saints. Western Folklore 68(4):43180.
2008
Genre and the Intratextuality of Personal Experience Narratives. Midwestern Folklore,
34(1):3-22.
2005
The Paradox of Traditionalization: Negotiating the Past in Choctaw Prophetic Discourse.
Journal of Folklore Research, 42(3):255-94.
This study explores the process narrators engage in to transform their stories from
contemporary accounts into traditional performances. It challenges previous definitions of
traditionalization by demanding attention to the difference between “traditional” and
“tradition.”
2005
“Running the Yard”: The Negotiation of Masculinity in African American Stepping. In
Manly Traditions, ed. Simon Bronner, pp. 77-115. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
This study examines the tradition of stepping, which is performed primarily by African
American college students. At the heart of this tradition is the negotiation of a series of
highly-gendered identities that provide male steppers with the means of creating and
transforming idealized male identities on and off the stage.
2002
Prophetic Riddling: A Dialogue of Genres in Choctaw Performance. Journal of American
Folklore, 115(457/458):395-421.
By examining the structural, functional, stylistic, and linguistic parallels between riddle
and prophecy at the nexus of performance, we see how Choctaw narrators maintain one
tradition by borrowing from another.
1999
“Not everybody can be a ginseng hunter. You’ve got to have a gift”: Ginseng Hunting in
southern Indiana. Midwestern Folklore, 25(2): 5-42.
This study explores the culture of ginseng hunters and the rhetoric they employ to talk
about what they do. Reconstructs a native typology of ginseng hunters with detailed
analysis of the interaction of hunters and buyers.
1998
Choctaw Myths. Folklore Forum, 29(2):109-18.
A collection of Choctaw myths annotated with brief biographical and contextual
information, to accompany articles in a special issue of the journal on myth.
Encyclopedia Entries
2012
Choctaw Indians. In Mississippi Encyclopedia. University Press of Mississippi.
Forthcoming.
2012
Choctaw Folk Tales. In Mississippi Encyclopedia. University Press of Mississippi.
Forthcoming.
2012
Choctaw Fair. In Mississippi Encyclopedia. University Press of Mississippi. Forthcoming.
2010
American Indian Folklore. In Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music
and Art. Edited by Charlie T. McCormick and Kim Kennedy White. Santa Barbara, CA:
ABC-CLIO.
2010
Traditionalization. In Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music and Art.
Edited by Charlie T. McCormick and Kim Kennedy White. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
2010
Ginseng Hunting. In The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 14, pp. 298300. Edited by Glenn Hinson and William Ferris. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina
Press.
2007
Choctaws in the 20th Century. In The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, Volume 6,
pp. 126-28. Edited by Celeste Ray. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press:
2006
Choctaw. In Encyclopedia of Appalachia, edited by Rudy Abramson and Jean Haskell,
pp. 250-51. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.
2006
Trail of Tears. In Encyclopedia of Appalachia, edited by Rudy Abramson and Jean
Haskell, pp. 338-39. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.
2005
Choctaw. In Encyclopedia of World Folklore, edited by William M. Clements, pp. 30-38.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
Book Reviews
2011
Review of Digital Jesus: The Making of a New Christian Fundamentalist Community on
the Internet. In Journal of American Folklore. In press.
2007
Review of Light on the Path: The Anthropology and History of the Southeastern Indians.
In The North Carolina Historical Review, 84(4):421-24.
2007
Review of From Fanatics to Folk: Brazilian Millenarianism and Popular Culture. In Journal
of Folklore Research, posted March 8.
2006
Review of Choctaws in a Revolutionary Age, 1750-1830. In Arkansas Review, 37(3):2024.
2004
Review of Nations Within: The Four Sovereign Tribes of Louisiana. In Arkansas Review,
35(3):212-13.
2004
Review of Loon: Memory, Meaning, and Reality in a Northern Dene Community. In
Journal of American Folklore, 117(464):213-14.
2004
Review of The Anguish of Snails: Native American Folklore in the West. In Journal of
American Folklore, 118(468):244-45.
1998
Review of Nez Perce Coyote Tales. In Folklore Forum, 29(2):144-45.
1998
Review of A Dictionary of Creation Myths. In Folklore Forum, 29(1):137-38.
VIDEO DOCUMENTARY/ETHNOGRAPHY
2005
Gracious Fanatics: The Passion for Pottery in North Carolina. Premiered on UNC-TV
November 9 and has aired regularly since.
Producer: Documents the culture of pottery collectors in the context of the dramatic event
of the kiln opening.
2003
Strecker Family Potters. Kentucky Educational Television.
Co-Producer: two videos studying the art of the Strecker family. One video focuses on
the inspiration each person draws from the rest of the family in producing their art, the
other focuses on the specific art forms and techniques of each member.
1998
Indiana Folklife. WTIU Indiana Public Television.
Co-Producer: 7-part series. Episodes include African-American stepping, covered
bridges, morel mushroom hunting, quilting, Miami Indian powwow, euchre, stonecarving.
INVITED TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
2011
“The Choctaw Supernatural.” Part of panel presentation: “Hells, Demons, and Spirits! Oh
My! Envisioning the ‘Otherworld' across Religious Traditions.” Sponsored by the
Religious Studies at the Crossroads event series. Elon University. October 19.
2011
The Don Yoder Lecture. Invited discussant for Yoder Prize Winner William A. Wilson.
Sponsored by the Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section. American Folklore Society
Annual Meeting. Bloomington, IN. October 13.
2011
Lay and Expert Knowledge: A Workshop on Teaching Undergraduate Folklore.
Sponsored by the American Folklore Society. American Folklore Society Annual Meeting.
Bloomington, IN. October 14.
2010
“Choctaw Storytelling in the 21st Century.” Keynote address for Choctaw Cultural Arts
Festival. Choctaw, Mississippi. September 24.
2010
“Seeing Beyond the Stereotypes: Ethnography and Narrative Analysis among Latter-day
Saints.” Invited talk as part of the Voices on Diversity lecture series. Elon University.
October 22.
2010
“Sharing the Sacred: The Paradox of Revelation in Contemporary Mormon Culture.”
Invited lecture at the Center for Folklife Studies. Ohio State University. January 28.
2010
Lay and Expert Knowledge in a Complex Society: The AFS Teagle Foundation Project.”
Sponsored by the American Folklore Society. American Folklore Society Annual Meeting.
Nashville, TN. October 14.
2009
“The Future of Communications in Folklore III: New Media.” American Folklore Society
Annual Meeting. Boise, Idaho. October 21-25
2007
“Text and Community: Julie Cruikshank’s Do Glaciers Listen?” Invited panelist. American
Folklore Society Annual Meeting. Quebec City, Canada. October 20.
2007
“Supernatural Stories in American Indian Culture.” Invited lecture at Annual Fall for the
Book writers’ series. George Mason University. September 25.
2006
“The Culture of Pottery Collectors in North Carolina.” University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill. Folklore Colloquium Series. November 30.
2005
“The Collection, the Video, and the Great Book: On the Intellectual, Practical and Ethical
Dimensions of Giving Back as You Go.” Remak Fellowship Talk. Indiana University.
2005
“The Supernatural through a Cross-Cultural Lens.” Elon University. Multicultural Center
Speaker Series. Elon University.
2004
“The Choctaw Bohpoli.” Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Speaker
Series. Oklahoma University.
2003
“Art in Everyday Life: Finding Folklore in Today’s World.” Humanities Forum. Elon
University.
1998
“Creation Myths and Meaning.” Honors College Speaker Series. Indiana University
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2011
“Author Meets Critics: Robert Glenn Howard’s Digital Jesus: The Making of a New
Christian Fundamentalist Community on the Internet. Sponsored by the Folk Belief and
Religious Folklife Section. American Folklore Society Annual Meeting. Bloomington, IN.
October 12-16.
2010
“Retroactive Revelation: The Role of Hindsight in Religious Experience and Narrative.”
American Folklore Society Annual Meeting. Nashville, TN. October 12-16.
2010
“In Focus: Photography for Ethnographers.” Forum sponsored by the Public Programs
Section. American Folklore Society Annual Meeting. Nashville, TN. October 12-16.
2009
“In this World but not of it: Dislocation in LDS Revelation.” American Folklore Society
Annual Meeting. Boise, Idaho. October 21-25.
2009
“From Prospectors to Collaborators: Rethinking Ethnography, Undergraduate Research
and the South.” Southern Anthropological Society Annual Meeting. Wilmington, NC.
March 12-14, 2009.
2008
Roundtable Discussion Leader: “How do we move forward to best engage our institutions
with the needs of local and global communities?” ANAC Summer Institute. Belmont
University, Memphis, Tennessee. June 18-20.
2007
“Burning in the Bosom or Burrito?: A Performance-Centered Analysis of Narratives of
Personal Revelation Among Latter-day Saints.” American Folklore Society Annual
Meeting. Quebec City, Canada. October 17-21.
2007
“Elon College Fellows: A Path from Inquiry to Research.” Associated New American
Colleges (ANAC) Summer Institute. Elon University, June 14. Joint presentation with
Cindy Fair, Nancy Harris, Steven House, Todd Lee and Shawn Tucker.
2006
“Articulating the System of Linear and Simultaneous Models of Fieldwork Relationships.”
American Folklore Society Annual Meeting. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 18-22.
2006
“Practical Applications of ATLAS in Research and in the Classroom.” Conference on
Innovations in Teaching. Elon University. Joint presentation.
2005
“Genre and Intratextuality in the Personal Narratives of Pottery Collectors.” American
Folklore Society Annual Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia, October 19-23.
2005
“Using the Field as Your Classroom Through Focused Observation.” Conference on
Innovations in Teaching. Elon University.
2004
“The Social Use of Stories of Supernatural Encounters.” American Folklore Society
Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah.
2003
“Traditionalizing Experience Through Prophetic Discourse.” American Anthropological
Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois. Panel sponsored by Society for Linguistic
Anthropology.
2002
“Drawing Strength from Folklore as a Discipline.” American Folklore Society Annual
Meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2002
“Prophecy as Verbal Art.” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting Rochester, New
York.
2000
"Spider Webs Are Going to Be All Over": The Riddling of Prophetic Performance.
American Folklore Society Annual Meeting. Columbus, Ohio.
1999
“Contextualizing Ginseng Hunting. Hoosier Folklore Society Annual Meeting.” Terre
Haute, Indiana.
1998
“Transcribing the Third Removal: A Choctaw Prophetic Narrative.” American Folklore
Society Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon.
1998
“Scholarship, Ethics and Public Relations: A Case Study of Collaboration.” Museum
Studies Symposium. Bloomington, Indiana.
1996
“Who's Tricking Whom? The Dynamic Roles of Tricksters in Zuni Myth and Ritual.”
American Folklore Society Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
PANEL CHAIR
2010
Panel Chair: “The Individual and Tradition: Genre and Performance.” American Folklore
Society Annual Meeting. Nashville, TN. October 13-16.
2007
Panel Co-chair: “Folklore and Everyday Life: Mormon Folklore Reconsidered.” American
Folklore Society Annual Meeting. Quebec City, Canada. October 17-21.
2006
Panel Co-chair: “Models of Fieldwork Relationships.” American Folklore Society Annual
Meeting. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 18-22.
2005
Double Panel Chair: “New Directions in Folklore and Genre.” American Folklore Society
Annual Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia, October 19-23.
2004
Panel Chair: “American Indian Folklore and Narrative.” American Folklore Society
Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah.
2002
Panel Chair: “Folklore and Religion.” American Folklore Society Annual Meeting
Rochester, New York. Chair of panel.
MEDIA PRESENTATIONS
2012
Invited blog: “Hope and Anxiety in Stories of Personal Revelation.” By Common Consent:
www.bycommonconsent.com. February 20.
2012
Podcast interview. “Tom Mould on Folklore and Personal Revelation.” By Common
Consent: www.bycommonconsent.com. February 3.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2012
The Turnage Family Faculty Innovation and Creativity Fund for the Study of Political
Communication. $5000. Elon University.
2011
Fund For Excellence in the Arts and Sciences grant. Co-sponsored by the Elon Academy
and PERCS. Elon University.
2011
(2009) Teagle Foundation Grant in Higher Education. $75,000. Member of 9-person team
of folklorists to address a “Big Question” in the Humanities: “What is the relationship
between lay and expert knowledge in a complex society?”
2008
Fund For Excellence in the Arts and Sciences grant for Project PERCS. Elon University.
2008
Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning course development grant for
interdisciplinary PERCS class. Elon University.
2008
Community Partnership Initiative Grant for collaborative ethnography. Elon University.
2007
Charles Redd Fellowship Award in Western American History for archival research.
Brigham Young University
2007
Summer Research Fellowship for research into narrative traditions of Latter-day Saints.
Elon University
2006
Elon College Faculty Excellence Award for Excellence in Service/Leadership
2006
Elon Course Release for development of scholarship and course on prophecy
2005
Henry H.H. Remak Fellowship. Indiana University
2005
Project Pericles Civic Engagement Course Enhancement Grant. Elon University.
2005
Summer Research Fellowship for research into North Carolina pottery communities. Elon
University.
2005
Elon Course Release for development of Program for Ethnographic Research and
Community Studies
2002
Technology Grant to produce video examples of local NC folklore for class instruction.
Elon University
2000
Richard M. Dorson Student Paper Prize. Indiana University
1999
Doctoral Student Grant-in-Aid of Research. Indiana University Graduate School. Grant to
fund research among Choctaw in Mississippi.
1999
Indiana Humanities Council Research Grant to conduct research on cultural heritage in
southern Indiana
1999
Richard M. Dorson Dissertation Research Award
1998
Jacobs Research Fund. Grant to translate Choctaw narratives
1998
Teaching Excellence Award: College of Arts and Sciences. Indiana University
1996
American Philosophical Society: Phillips Fund for Native American Research. Grant to
conduct ethnohistorical research among the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.
1996
Indiana University Travel Grant to facilitate attendance and presentation at a national
conference for a graduate student
STUDENT MENTORING
2012
(2011) Erin Mellett. “Cultural Tourism among the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi
Indians.” Elon College Fellow.
2012
(2011) Caroline Miller. “Exoteric Constructions of Irish Traveller Identity Through Oral
Narrative.” Elon College Fellow.
2012
(2010) Lauren Needell. “The Role of Food in the Construction of Identity Among Southern
African American College Students.” Elon College Fellow. Paper presented at National
Conference of Undergraduate Research, 2012.
2010
(2008) Angela Ramer. “Occaneechi Eagles: An Ethnography of Walking in Two Worlds.”
Elon College Fellow. Funded by Student Undergraduate Research Experience, 2009.
Paper presented at National Conference of Undergraduate Research, 2010, and Student
Undergraduate Research Forum, 2010. Paper submitted for publication, 2012.
2009
(2008) Michael Sadler. “Power in Flux: Examining the Dynamics within the
Undergraduate Collaborative Research Team.” Southern Anthropological Society Annual
Meeting. Wilmington, NC. March 12-14, 2009.
2008
(2006) Dillon Wyatt. “Southern Black Identity: An Ethnographic Approach.” Elon College
Fellow. Paper presented at Student Undergraduate Research Forum, 2008.
2008
(2006) Conor Britain. Ethnography of Youth Baseball. Documentary Film.
Communications Fellow. Funded by Student Undergraduate Research Experience
program. Presented at Student Undergraduate Research Forum, 2008. Entered into
national film festivals 2009.
2007
(2005) Katie Hight. Historicizing the Supernatural: Creating Place Through Stories of
Supernatural Encounters in London. Paper presented at Student Undergraduate
Research Forum, 2007.
2007
Ryan Howard. Esoteric Constructions of the Religious Left. Paper and documentary film.
2006
Kevin Kindle. The Weight of a Nation. Honors Fellow. Documentary Film.
2005
Brett Tolley: Dying to Get In: Undocumented Immigration at the U.S./Mexican Border.
Documentary Film. Presented at Student Undergraduate Research Forum, 2007.
National award winner at multiple film festivals.
2005
Kristin Clanton. An Audience-Centered Approach to French Märchen. Elon College
Fellow. Paper.
2005
Katie Donovan, Ian MacLaughlin, Justin Goodall and Amy Gillespi. An Oasis for Youth:
Parking Lot Culture in Burlington, North Carolina. Documentary Film. Presented at
Student Undergraduate Research Forum, 2006.
2004
John Bagwell, Heather Graf, Amanda Kloer and Alex Miller. The Mean, the Quick, the
Mentally Sick: Elon Women’s Rugby. Documentary Film. Presented at Student
Undergraduate Research Forum
2004
Susan O’Brien, Ian Smith, Barbara Schutz and Allison Grimes. Video Ethnography of
Habitat for Humanity. Documentary Film. Presented at Student Undergraduate Research
Forum, 2005.
2003
Lauren Vilis, Beth Fullerton, Caitlin Molloy and Samiha Khana. Kingpin Studio: Best Prick
in Town: An Ethnography of a Tattoo Parlor. Documentary Film. Presented at Student
Undergraduate Research Forum, 2004.
SERVICE
Present (2003) Area Director of Elon College Fellows program: winter term coordinator (until
2009), and Social Science Director (since 2004). Elon University.
Present
(2003) Director of PERCS: Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies.
Elon University.
Present
(2010) Faculty Advisor to the Anthropology Club with Dr. Rissa Trachman. Elon
University.
Present
(2004) Media Board for American Folklore Society.
Present
(2004) Periodically review book and journal manuscript submissions (including University
of Nebraska Press, University of Oklahoma Press, Journal of American Folklore, and
Collaborative Anthropologies)
Present
(2011) Advisory Board for the Elon Center for the Study of Religion
Present
(2011) Board Member for Alamance County Women’s Resource Center.
Present
(2012) Advisory Board for American Studies minor
Present
(2012) National Editorial Board for the Proceedings of the National Conferences on
Undergraduate Research
2011
(2009) General Studies Review Committee (co-chair). Elon University.
2011
Invited Speaker at the Phi Eta Sigma Awards Ceremony. Elon University. October 24.
2011
(2009) Honors Advisory Committee. Elon University.
2010
(2006) General Studies Assessment Task Force.
2009
(2008) Physician Assistant Feasibility Study Committee. Elon University.
2009
(2006) Undergraduate Research Program Advisory Committee. Elon University.
2009
(2003) Board Member for Alamance County Women’s Resource Center. Board secretary.
Chair of Public Relations Committee.
2009
Awards Committee for the North Carolina Folklore Society
2008
(2003) Moderator for SURF: Student Undergraduate Research Forum. Elon University.
2007
Honor Code Speaker at Fall New Student Convocation. Elon University. August 30.
2007
Spring Convocation Planning Committee. Elon University.
2006
Honor Code Speaker at Fall New Student Convocation. Elon University. August 26.
2006
Invited Speaker at the Phi Eta Sigma Awards Ceremony. Elon University. October 30.
2006
Served as part of Elon team to the Association of American Colleges and Universities
(AAC&U) Summer Institute for assessment of general studies program. Washington DC.
2006
(2003) Co-Chair Elon Student Documentary Film Festival. Elon University.
2005
(2003) Mentor Carnegie Mellow Fellow from Duke University.
2005
Social Honor Code Committee. Elon University.
2005
(2003) Taught Elon 101. Elon University.
2004
Participated in Faculty Assisting New Students (F.A.N.S.) program. Elon University.
2003
Committee to choose students for Who’s Who Among College Students. Elon University.
2003
(2001). College Writing Committee. Elon University.
2001
President Hoosier Folklore Society. Indiana.
2000
Spring Mill State Park Steering Committee—cultural resource management. Indiana.