Professional Membership
2005-present: National Stuttering Association
1998-present: Florida license: Speech-language pathologist
1995-present: Organization for the Integration of Handicapped People , Belgium
1994-present: Special Interest Division-4 (Fluency Disorders) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
1990-present: International Fluency Association of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Professional Journal Service (1990-present)
2007: Reviewer, Proceedings 5th World Congress of the International Fluency Association
2006-present: Editorial Consultant, Journal of Communication Disorders
2003: Guest Editorial Consultant, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
2003: Guest Editorial Consultant, Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics
2002-2003: Guest Editorial Consultant, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research
2001 : Guest Editorial Consultant, Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics
2000-present Editorial Consultant, Significant, Electronic Journal, Organization for Integration of Handicapped People , Belgium
1997-present: Editorial Consultant, Journal of Fluency Disorders
1997-2000 : Associate Editor, Multicultural Electronic Journal in Communication Disorders
1997-2000 : Managing Editor, Journal of Fluency Disorders
1997 : Editorial Consultant, Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
1990-1997 : Assistant to the Editor, Journal of Fluency Disorders
Service to Professional Organizations
2010: Reviewer, grant proposals for Ph.D. Fellowship, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek [Fund Scientific Research], Belgium.
2009-2010: Convention Committee Member, Fluency Division presentations, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Phildadelphia.
2008: Member, Scientifc Advisory Committee, National Children's Study
2005-present: Member, Scientific Board of the Organization for the Integration of Handicapped People, Belgium.
2004-present: Chair of the Orlando Chapter Fluency Support Group, National Stuttering Association http://www.nsastutter.org/
1998-1999 : Convention Chair, Fluency Division, American Speech- Language-Hearing Association Convention, San Francisco .
Professional, University and Community Service
2005-present: Chair of the Orlando chapter of the National Stuttering Association.
2000-present: Organizer of the Annual Gene J. Brutten Fluency Symposium. Sponsored by the Student Government Association at the University of Central Florida , the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association Chapter and the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Continuing Education Event.
Foreign University Service
2007-2008: Introduction in procedures for submitting US Federal Grant Proposals, University of Gent, Gent, Belgium.
2007-2008: Thesis Chair, Department of Nursery School Education, Artevelde Hogeschool, Gent, Belgium.
2005-2006: Thesis Chair, Department of Logopedics, and Ear-Nose and Throat, University of Gent, Gent, Belgium.
1998-present : Dissertation Committee Member, University of Zagreb , Croatia
2000 : Dissertation Examination Committee, Department of Medical Psychology, University of Nijmegen , the Netherlands
1998-2001: Thesis Chair and Committee Member, Catholic School for Higher Education in Healthcare, Gent , Belgium
1997-2001: Thesis Chair and Committee Member, Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Gent , Belgium
1997-present: Thesis Chair, Department of Logopedics, Medical school, University of Gent , Belgium
Public Relations Activities National/International
2004: Developer of Inter-University agreement between University of Central Florida and Katholieke Hogeschool , Kortrijk , Belgium
1998 : Organizer of Fulbright Scholar visit to UCF: Dr. Melita Kovacevic, University of Zagreb , Croatia
1998 - present : Developer of Inter-University agreement between University of Central Florida and University of Gent , Belgium
1995 - present : Developer of Inter-University agreement between University of Central Florida and University of Nijmegen , the Netherlands