Volunteer (driver), Road to Recovery Program, American Cancer Society (DeKalb, IL chapter), (2016 to 2020).
Chair, Department of Sociology, NIU.
Founding Director, Institute for Research and Policy Integration in Africa (IRPIA)
Founding-Editor, African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review (Indiana University Press).
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Academic Inquiries (Sakarya University Publications and Social Sciences Institute, Turkey).
Member, International Advisory Board, Journal of Asian Social Science Research (Centre for Asian Social Science Research, Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Bandung, Indonesia.
President (2013-14). PHI BETA DELTA Honor Society for International Scholars, NIU Chapter.
Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Center for Media, Democracy, Peace, and Security (CMDPS). Rongo University College, Kenya (2014 to 2018).
Member, John Ruggie ISA Best Book Prize Selection Committee, International Studies Association (2023).
Member, Presidential Research Professorship Selection Committee, NIU (2022/23 and 2023/24).
Member, Presidential Commission on Interfaith Initiatives, NIU (2021 to 2025).
Member, Research Subcommittee for the Presidential Commissions, NIU (2022 to 2025).
Member, Provost Task Force on Innovative Curriculum, Northern Illinois University (2021 to 2022).
Member, Steering Committee, Center for Peace and Transcultural Communication, University of Tetova (Macedonia) and Northern Illinois University (2016).
Member, International Affairs Advisory Council, Northern Illinois University (2015-2018).
Member, Task Force on Internationalization, Northern Illinois University (2015 to 2018).
Member, Board of Directors, International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation (2015 to 2018).
Member, Board of Directors, West Africa Research Association (2009-2012).
Member, University Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum, NIU (2013 to 2016).
Member, Honorary Degree Committee, NIU (2015/16).
Member, Progressive Learning in Undergraduate Studies (PLUS) Implementation Committee, NIU (2014 to 2019).
Member, University Personnel Appeal Hearing Panel, NIU (2014/2015; 2016/17).
Member, Local Arrangement Committee, Annual Meeting of the African Studies, Chicago, 2017.
Member, Local Arrangement Committee, African Studies conference, Chicago 2008 and 2017.
Member, Board of Directors of Jane Adeny Memorial School, Fort Ternan, Kisumu County, Kenya, (2012 – 2019).
Member, Board of Directors, Adventure Works, DeKalb, IL (2021 to present).
Secretary General, Center for Defense of Human Rights-Bulgaria, Sofia, 1993-1996.
External Reviewer for tenure and promotion cases, including cases at a university in Virginia (2022), a state university in Texas (2019), a universities in South Africa (2017 and 2018), and a university in Kenya (2021).
Book Endorsements (back covers), Zerai, Assata et al. Olemako, Teresia, et al. Safe Water, Sanitation, and Early Childhood Malnutrition in East Africa: An African Feminist Analysis of the Lives of Women in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Lexington Books, 2018; Witt, Antonia Undoing Coups: The African Union and Post-coup Intervention in Madagascar. London: Zed Books, 2020.