As part of the community of academic researchers, I believe that it is important to contribute back to the field through professional service. For my part, I have been involved in a number of different service capacities:
Publication Reviewer:
American Journal of Political Science; Public Opinion Quarterly; Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology; Political Communication; American Politics Research; Survey Research Methods; Journal of Medical Internet Research
Service to the field:
Organized two conferences on the “Future of Survey Research” for the National Science Foundation SBE Advisory Committee and the Stanford University Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS) in 2012.
Professional association committee membership:
AAPOR Membership and Chapter Relations Committee
Conference session chair:
European Survey Research Association 5th conference (2013). Session titled “Measuring Values in Society”
Departmental service:
Successfully helped start and run a student-organized colloquium series for the Stanford Department of Communication