American Library Association Memberships and Professional Activities

American Library Association, 1989--present

ACRL Popular Culture Committee, 2010--2018

Booklist, Fiction and Audiobooks Reviewer, 2004--present

Booklist, Advisory Board, 2005-2012, 2016-2020

Booklist, Blogger, Book Group Buzz, 2008--2015

Library and Information Technology Association, 2011--2015

Library Leadership and Management Association, 2012--2015

Public Library Association, 1998--present

•        Allie Beth Martin Award Committee, 2016-2018

Reference and User Services Association, 2004--present

•       Awards Coordinating Committee, 2009--2014
•      Carnegie Medal Award Committee, 2016-2017 
•       CODES Board, 2012-2014
•       CODES Readers’ Advisory Committee, 2005--2009
•       Conference Program Coordinating Committee, 2011--2014
•      Dartmouth Medal for Excellence in Reference Committee 2020-present  
•       Listen List Award Committee, 2011-2013
•       Louis Shores Award Committee, 2010-2011, 2016-2019
•       Margaret E. Monroe Award Committee, 2011-2013
  
•       Readers’ Advisory Research & Trends Forum, 2012--2014
•       Sophie Brody Medal Award Committee, 2009-2011

Young Adult Library Association, 2007--2020

•       Alex Awards Committee, 2007-2009

Other Professional Memberships and Activities

Adult Reading Round Table (ARRT), 2000--present

American Culture Association, 2014-present

Association of Book Group Readers & Leaders, 2002--present

Audies Award judge, 2010--present

Audio Publishers Association, 2016-present

Foreword Books of the Year Award judge, 2012--present

“Good Reading You May Have Missed” segment, BetterKC Show, KCTV5, 2012--present

"Good Reads for Kansas City" segment, Morning Show, Fox4, 2012-present

“Book Doctors,” The Walt Bodine Show, KCUR 89.3, 2007-2011

“Book Doctors,” Up to Date with Steve Kraske, KCUR 89.3, 2011--2015

"Bibliofiles," Central Standard with Gina Kaufmann, KCUR 89.3, 2015-2020

"Bibliofiles," Up to Date with Steve Kraske, KCUR 89.3, 2020-present

IndiePicks magazine, nonfiction reviewer, 2017-2019

Kansas Library Association, 1985--present

LibraryReads Steering Committee, 2012--2019

Metro-Area Readers’ Round Table (MARRT), Founding member, 1999--2017

Missouri Library Association, 2000--present

•      Missouri Author Award, 2019-present

Mountain Plains Library Association, 2003-present

•       Awards Committee, Chair, 2004-2005

National Book Critics Circle, 2004--present

Penguin Random House Library Advisory Board, 2014--20

Popular Culture Association, 2014-present

Sisters In Crime, 1999-2004

Spur Awards judge, 2011-2013

Thorndike Peer Picks Committee, January-March 2018.