Association of Computing Machinery - Women
Secretary/Webmaster 2009.
President, 2008.
The Florida State University chapter of ACM-Women was created in 2008 to expand the current Women in Computer Science group and give members access to ACM resources.
Women in Computing Society/Women in Computer Science
Secretary, 2007.
Women in Computing Society was an organization at Florida State University which aimed to promote computing to female students in all computing fields.
STARS Alliance
Secretary, 2007-2008.
The STARS Alliance (Students & Technology in Academia, Research, & Service) is a NSF-funded effort to increase the participation of under-represented minorities, women, and persons with disabilitiesin computing diciplines. In the fall of 2006 I helped mentor gifted middle school students from the School of Arts and Science (SAS). Specifically, I assisted the students in making interactive games and movies using the Alice 3D programming environment. I also helped manage and participated in the Computing Careers Night efforts of 2006 and 2007. Computing Careers Night introduced high school students, their parents, and guidance counselors to computing careers and education. In 2007 I led the logistical preparation team as a graduate student leader.
Upsilon Pi Epsilon
Current member.
Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) is an international organization and honor society which recognizes academic excellence at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in the Computing and Information Disciplines. The UNI chapter was installed on April 20, 2002, and has inducted distinguished UNI computer science students since then.
CedarLUG
Vice President, University of Northern Iowa, 2003-2004.
The Cedar Valley Linux Users Group (CedarLUG) is an association of persons interested in the Linux operating system. During my term as Vice President, CedarLUG has put on multiple technical talks relating to Linux (as well as a "Coffee by the Console" lecutre series), put on a Linux "Install-a-thon" at the University of Northern Iowa to install the Linux operating system for free on any computer system members of the community and university brought in, and has had continuous technical discussions on the CedarLUG mailing list, which is free for anyone in the Cedar Valley to join.
The University of Northern Iowa Computer Club
Secretary, 2002. Vice President, 2003. President, 2004.
The University of Northern Iowa Computer Club is a club available to University of Northern Iowa students who enjoy using and talking about computers with other like-minded students. The UNI Computer Club puts on many activities, including lectures by visiting guests, annual field trips to different universities and businesses (the last was a trip to IBM in Minnesota), the annual Computer Club picnic, and yearly participation in the Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium (MICS).