Contributing Editor, Souls, a national and international journal of distinguished scholars. Member, Council of Chairs, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota: 1999 - 2001 Member, Student Fees Committee, University of Minnesota: 1999 - 2001 Member, Advisory Panel, Civic Engagement Task Force, University of Minnesota: 2001 Member, President's Distinguished Faculty Mentor Program, University of Minnesota: 1999 - 2000 Member, Student Academic Affairs Committee, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota: 2002 - 2003 Member, CLA Leadership of the College, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota: 1999 - 2001 Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Department of African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota: 2001 - 2002 Chair, Merit Committee, African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota: 2001 - 2002 Member, Community Outreach Committee, Department of African American & African Studies: 2000 - 2001 Member, Student Fees Advisory Committee, University of Minnesota: 2000 - 2002 Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of African American & African Studies: 2001 Member, Faculty Senate, University of Minnesota: 1998 - 2001 Interim Chair, Department of African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota: 1999 - 2001 Editoral Board, Contemporary Sociology American Sociological, Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology: 2003 - 2006 Chair, Rhonda Williams Award Committee of the International Association of Feminist Economics.