Board Member & Secretary: International Association for Dialogue Analysis (2005-2007); re-elected (2007-2009)

http://www.uni-muenster.de/Ling/iada

     Organizer: "Dialogue Under Occupation" Conference (November 2006, Chicago); DUO II (November 2007, East Jerusalem)

http://www.neiu.edu/~duo

     Interdisciplinary Coordinator: First-Year Experience Program

http://www.neiu.edu/~fye

Faculty Excellence Award (NEIU): 2002 (Research), 2004 (Service), 2007 (Research)