National Service
Executive Committee, the William James Society, 2005-
Referee, Philosophy, Science, and Religion for Division of Research Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2005
Guest editor, Streams of William James, for special issues on Varieties of Religion Experience, 2002
Member, Advisory Committee, "The Visionary Perspective of George Inness," exhibit proposed at the National Academy of Design, 2001
Reviewer for Journal of American History, 2001
Manuscript Reviewer for Rowman and Littlefield, 2001
Reviewer, Committee on Tenure and Promotion, Harvard Divinity School, 2001
Chair, Forum for the History of Human Science, 2000-2002
Academic Advisor, History of American Philosophy section, Thoemmes Press, 2000-
Task Force Member, Religion, Nature, and Science section, The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, Bron Taylor and Jeffery Kaplan, eds. (Continuum), 2000-
Reviewer for the journal History of Psychology, 2000
Manuscript Reviewer for Harvard University Press, 1999
Referee for the National Science Foundation, 1998
Referee on a Collaborative Research Grant Proposal to the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1998
Reviewer for the journal History of Psychology, 1998
Reviewer for the Journal of Speculative Philosophy, 1998
Reviewer for University of Arkansas Press, 1998
Commentator at the session, "Critical Public Intellectuals," American Studies Association meeting, 1997
Reviewer for the Journal of Religious History, 1996
Reader, new American history college text, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995
Member, Dissertation Prize Committee, Forum for the History of Human Science, 1994
Chair and commentator on session, "Toward a History of Swedenborg's Impact on Nineteenth-Century Culture," American Academy of Religion meeting, 1993
Organizer of conference sessions:
- Organization of American Historians, 2005
- History of Science Society, 2000
- American Historical Association, 1999
- Organization of American Historians, 1992 and 1999
- Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, 1997
- American Studies Association, 1996
- American Academy of Religion, 1991-1996
- History of Science Society, 1990 and 1992
- Cherion, the International Society for the History of the Behavioral & Social Sciences, 1988
- California American Studies Association, 1988
- Florida Teachers of History, 1988
Editorial consultant for new United States History textbook, Harcourt Brace Jonanovich, Publishers, 1988-1989
Panelist, National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Stipends in American History, 1991
Journalists' interviews on topics relating to history, religion, and popular culture, 1991-
Lecturer, Honors Program, Rutgers University, Camden, 1987, 1992
- core group member and conference participant, 1984-1989