International Studies
At Wesleyan
| 2015- | Director, Center for Global Studies |
| 2014 | Director, Office of International Studies |
| 1992–2002 | Committee on International Studies (Chair) |
| 1992–93 | Coordinator of International Studies and Chair of the first Committee on International Studies, for the task of creating Wesleyan’s Office of International Studies |
Abroad: Vassar-Wesleyan Program in Madrid (VWM) / Eastern College Consortium in Bologna (ECCO)
| 1981–2009 | Resident Director: 1981, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2002–04, 2009 (Fall |
| 1983 / 2002 | Founded VWM summer sessions; Santiago de Compostela (August) / Granada (January) |
| 2002–2004 | Founded VWM at the U. Carlos III |
| 1997 | Helped found Wesleyan’s ECCO program in Bologna, Italy |
Other Wesleyan service
| 2011-13 | Faculty Committee on Rights and Responsibilities (Chair, 2012-13) |
| 2012-13 | OIS Self Study committee |
| 2012-13 | Ad hoc tenure review committee for Asian Langs & Lits |
| 2010-11 | Committee for the Instruction of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; ITS-Library Committee |
| 2000–09 | Various presentations on the use of technology in teaching |
| 2007–09 | Academic Review Committee |
| 2001–02 | Chair, Search committee for Director of Language Resource Center |
| 2000–01 | Chair, Language Laboratory Steering Committee |
| 1999–00 | Search Committee for Dance Department |
| 1997–98 | Facilities Planning Committee for Humanities/Social Sciences (Chair, Subcommittee for the Humanities) |
| 1996–98 | Member of the Board of the Center for the Humanities |
| 1994–98 | Evaluation committee for Mellon Undergraduate Fellowships for the minorities |
| 1995–96 | Executive committee for the Connecticut College, Trinity College and Wesleyan University Mellon Grant for developing technology in the teaching of language and literature |
| 1988–90 | Student Affairs Committee (Chair, 1989–90) |
| 1980–81 | A.A.U.P. Executive Committee |
| 1980 | Campus evaluation committee, Fulbright-Hays Grants |
| 1980–97 | Freshman advisor (intermittently) |
Department of Romance Languages & Literatures
| 1985-86 2007–08 2011-12 | Head, Spanish Section |
| 2007–08 2010-14 | Chair, McMahon Committee |
| 1995–2002 | Department Chair |
| 1995–2002 2012-13 | Chaired various search committees in French, Italian, and Spanish |