Institutional, Scholarly & Community Service

Service Philosophy & Values

My service is grounded in the conviction that academic leadership requires active institutional citizenship, rigorous peer-review stewardship, and meaningful community outreach. I integrate departmental governance, scholarly editorial contributions, and civic volunteerism to advance equity, access, and excellence across academia and society.

Institutional & Departmental Governance

Faculty Recruitment Coordinator (2023, 2024)
Division of Computer Science, Texas Woman's University

Coordinated search committee logistics, candidate evaluation pipelines, interview schedules, and faculty onboarding.

Division Curriculum Committee Member (2024)
Division of Computer Science, Texas Woman's University

Evaluated and modernized undergraduate and graduate computer science courses and degree program requirements.

AI Initiative at TWU Committee Member (2024)
Texas Woman's University

Formulated institutional strategies and responsible adoption policies for AI in teaching and research.

University Sustainability Committee Member (2024)
Texas Woman's University

Contributed to campus-wide sustainable operations and energy-efficient computational infrastructure initiatives.

Faculty Advisor, Computer Science Club (2023)
Southern Arkansas University

Mentored student coding competitions, hackathons, industry networking sessions, and career preparation workshops.

Diversity & Inclusion Committee Member (2018 €╠œ 2019)
School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin

Promoted inclusive student representation and departmental accessibility initiatives.

Scholarly Service & Peer Review

Journal Reviewing

  • â• Nature Quality & Quantity (2025)
  • â• Journal of Supercomputing (2025)
  • â• Journal of Nonprofit Management and Leadership (2024)
  • â• Journal of Natural Language Engineering, Cambridge University Press (2022â–2023)
  • â• Journal of Imaging Science & Technology (JIST) (2016â–2018)

Conference Reviewing & Editorial

  • â• IEEE BIBM (Bioinformatics & Biomedicine, 2022)
  • â• ACM CIKM (2020)
  • â• ACM SIGKDD Workshop on Knowledge Graphs (2020)
  • â• ACM SIGCHI ETRA (2018â–2019)
  • â• Editorial Board: Research in Biomedical Engineering & Technology (2025â–Present)
  • â• Editorial Fellow: The Journal of Information & Culture, Univ. of Texas Press (2019)

Thesis, Dissertation & Capstone Advising

Predicting Alzheimerâ• ™s Disease Progression via ML
Jordan Frazier â— Capstone Project (Spring 2024)
Oral Bacteria & Cardiovascular Risks in Microbiome
Dominique Pettway â— Graduate Research (Fall 2024)
Fraudulent Credit Card Transaction Predictions
Heaven Campbell & Marilly Bobo â— Research (Fall 2024)
Drug Repurposing: ML for Disease-Drug Relations
Peggy Berko â— Graduate Project (Fall 2024)
First-Generation Student Retention Rates at R1s
Yesenia Martinez â— Analytics Study (Fall 2024)
Automated EDW Architecture for Cybersecurity Analytics
Munira Karim â— Capstone Project (Spring 2025)

Community Engagement & Public Service

Dallas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates)
Dallas, TX (2023)

Volunteer in training advocating for children in the protective care system.

Refugee Services of Texas
Austin, TX (2018 €╠œ 2020)

Community volunteer assisting refugee resettlement, cultural integration, and language access.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby & IANT
Dallas, TX (2024)

Volunteer civic engagement on environmental stewardship and community building.

Resala Foundation
Cairo, Egypt (2003 €╠œ 2008)

Volunteer community service supporting youth education and community aid in Cairo.