Editorial Board, Journal of Disaster Studies. 2022-Present. University of Pennsylvania Press.

Topic Editor, Frontiers in Communication ‘Women in Disaster Communication’. 2022-Present. Frontiers Switzerland.

Individual Reviewer. 2022. National Science Foundation. Alexandria, VA.

Panel Reviewer. 2021. National Science Foundation. Alexandria, VA. 

Working Advisory Committee Member. 2019-2020. National Hurricane Center End-User Experience Study. Funded by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

Discussant. September 12-13, 2019. 2019 Hazard Mitigation and Resilience Workshop. Sessions: Progress of Community Recovery and Resilience, Foundations from St. Croix, St John, and St. Thomas. University of Virgin Islands. St. Thomas.

External Reviewer. 2018-present. Students from Underrepresented Groups in Engineering and the Social Sciences (SURGE) Capacity in Disasters. Funded by the National Science Foundation.

Discussant. 2015. Flooding and Disaster Vulnerability. Environment and Technology Section Session. ASA Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.

Discussant. 2015. Ethnicity and Social Vulnerability in Disasters. Regular Disaster Research Session. ASA Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL.  

Interim Director. 2013-Present. Revista de Ciencias Sociales. Center for Social Research. Faculty of Social Sciences. University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras.

Evaluator. 2014. 9th Quest for Global Competitiveness Conference. Centro de Investigaciones Comerciales e Iniciativas Académicas (Center for Commercial Research and Academic Initiatives). Faculty of Business Administration. University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras. 

Reviewer. 2013-Present. Revista de Ciencias Sociales. Center for Social Research. University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras.

Guest Editor. 2010, 2012, 2013-Present. Natural Hazards Review. Natural Hazards Center. University of Colorado-Boulder.

Reviewer. 2011-Present. Sociological Forum. Journal of the Eastern Sociological Society. Blackwell Publishing.

Graduate Student Representative. 2010 ElectionsCommittee. Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP). 

Reviewer. 2009-Present. Disasters: The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management. Blackwell Publishing.

Reviewer. 2008-Present. Natural Hazards Review. Natural Hazards Center. University of Colorado-Boulder.

Book Reviewer. 2008-Present. CHOICE. American Library Association.

Executive Committee Member. NSF Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adapative Sensing of the Atmosphere. University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Graduate Student Representative. 2009 Lee Student Support Fund Committee. Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP).

Moderator. Communicating Risk to Non-Native English Speakers. Concurrent Session. 32nd Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. University of Colorado-Boulder. Millenium Hotel, Boulder, CO.

Reviewer. 2008. Children, Youth, and Environments Journal. University of Colorado.  

Presider. Disasters from ‘below’: A victims’ centered approach to sociology of disasters. ASA Disaster Session. 100th ASA Annual Meeting. August 14, 2005. Philadelphia, PA.

Presider. Crisis, Creativity and Social Reality: Sociology and Disaster Research. ISA Research Committee on Disasters. August 14, 2005. Philadelphia, PA.

Editorial Board, Journal of Disaster Studies. 2022-Present. University of Pennsylvania Press.

Topic Editor, Frontiers in Communication ‘Women in Disaster Communication’. 2022-Present. Frontiers Switzerland.

Individual Reviewer. 2022. National Science Foundation. Alexandria, VA.

Graduate Thesis Committees

Reader. Jean Charlois Allende. Salvador M. Padilla Escabi Graduate School of Planning. UPR-Río Piedras.

Reader. Leslie Domenech. Salvador M. Padilla Escabi Graduate School of Planning. UPR-Río Piedras.

Co-Chair. Carolyn Cabrera Semidey. 2015. M.P. Salvador M. Padilla Escabi Graduate School of Planning. UPR-Río Piedras.

Reader. Miguel A. Rivera González. 2014. M.A. History. Centro de Estudios Avazados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe. San Juan, PR.

Graduate Student Mentorship

Research Mentor. NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT). Department of Environmental Sciences. UPR-Río Piedras. Agents of Change Community Outreach Projects. Impacted Communities: Juana Matos (Cataño), University Gardens (San Juan), Jardín Metropolitano (San Juan), y Santurce (San Juan). Students: Ana Trujillo, Abelardo Colón, Marianne Cartagena, Molly Ramsey, Chris Nytch, Benjamin Branoff, Laura Fidalgo, Osé Pauleus. 

Extracurricular Activities

2018-Present Volunteer, Post-Maria Children and Youth Task Force. Youth Development Institute of Puerto Rico (Instituto del Desarrollo de la Juventud, IDJ). San Juan, PR.

2013-2016 Volunteer, Casa Protegida Julia de Burgos. San Juan, PR.

2006-2010 CASA Outreach Institutions Student Representative, Student Leadership Council. National Science Foundation.

2007-2009 President, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Student Chapter at the University of Delaware (EERI-UD), University of Delaware

2007-2009 Graduate Student Representative, Faculty Senate Graduate Behavior Review Committee, University of Delaware

2007-2009 Graduate Student Representative, Faculty Senate Committee on Student Life, University of Delaware

2007-2009 Graduate Senator, Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice, Graduate Student Senate, University of Delaware

2006-2007 Graduate Student Reprensative, Deparment Faculty Meetings, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware

2005-2006 Graduate Student Representative, Department Policy Committee, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware

2005-2009 Webmaster for the Disaster Research Center (DRC),Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware www.udel.edu/DRC

2004-2005 Graduate Student Representative, Graduate Policy Committee, Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice, University of Delaware

2003-2004 Member of the UPR-Mayagüez Delegation for the National Model United Nations, New York. Delegate at the General Assembly, Third Committee  Country assigned: Libya

2003-2006 Webmaster for the American Sociological Association Latino/a Sociology Section 

2003-2004 Webmaster for the Fundación ProPetén, Guatemala C.A.,www.propeten.org

2003-2004 President, Sociology Students Union, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez

2003-2004 Coordinator, 12th Applied Social Research Symposium, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez

2002-2003 Student Representative, Middle States Association, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez

2002-2003 Staff Member of the 10th & 11th Undergraduate Applied Social Research Symposium, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez

2002-2003 Public Relations Officer, Sociology Students Union, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez

2001-2004 Student Representative, Sociology Section, Department of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez

1999-2004 Member of the University Choir, University of Puerto Rico.