Service

Scholarly and Community Service (selected):

Member, Board of Advisors, Journal of Contemplative Studies (2022 – Present)

Advisory Board, Faith + HIV, Faith Coordinating Center at Wake Forest School of Divinity (2022 – Present) 

 Member, Board of Advisors, Journal of Interreligous Studies (2019 – Present)

 Member, Board of Directors, Congress of Santa Barbara (KOSANBA) (2019 – Present)

Founding Director, African and Diasporic Religious Studies Association (2012 – Present)

Member, Steering Committee, African Religions Unit, American Academy of Religion (2017 – 2021)

Executive Director, Orisa Community Development Corporation (2014 – 2017)

Peer Reviewer, Anthropology Today (2016)

Peer Reviewer, Review of Religious Research (2016)

Chair, Steering Committee, W.E.B. Du Bois Graduate Society, Harvard University (2010 – 2015)

Voting Member, Board of Directors, Orisa Community Development Corp. (2010 – 2013)

Peer Reviewer, Student Anthropologist Journal (2012)

Voting Member, Board of Directors, Creating a Culture of Peace (2011 – 2012)

Judge, Quality of Life Scholarship Competition, Working in Support of Education (2009 – 2010)

Professional Memberships and Affiliations:
African and Diasporic Religious Studies Association
African Association for the Study of Religions
American Academy of Religion
Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora
Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School
Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at the City College of New York
Congress of Santa Barbara (KOSANBA)
Salzburg Global Seminar