Joint State Government Commission Advisory Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution (SR 160), 2007- present.

Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania, 2002-2004; Member, Board of Directors, 1999-present; Chair, 2002-2004; Vice-Chair, 2004.

Fund for Folk Culture (Santa Fe, NM), Board of Directors, 2003 - present; Program Advisory Council, 2000 - 2002

Affiliate, Pluralism Project, Harvard University 2003 – present

Member, Board of Directors, Nationalities Service Center, Phila., 1992-1995

Panel Member for grant review panels:

National Endowment for the Humanities - Museums and Historical Organizations, 1990, 2001;
National Conversation on American Pluralism and Identity, 1995
Folk Arts Panel, Maryland State Arts Council, 1987 89

Editor, American Folklore Society Newsletter, 1991 - 2000

Editorial Advisory Committee, Folklore in Use: Applications in the Real World, 1992 - 2000

Editor, Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Review, 1979-91

Mentor, National Association for the Practice of Anthropology Mentor Program, 1991, 1993

Reader, Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women’s Studies and Gender Issues, University of Kentucky Press; State University of New York Press; Balch Institute Press; Journal of American Folklore; Current Anthropology; National Foundation for Jewish Culture; Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships and Grants; NEH Division of Preservation and Access; Jewish Publication Society

Outside Reviewer, Pennsylvania Humanities Council, 1991-92

Member, Board of Directors, National Humanities Alliance, 1998-2000

Member, Board of Visitors, Office of Multicultural Education, Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, 1990 93

Participant, Folklore Study Tour to Northern Ireland, The British Council, 1992

President, Pennsylvania Folklore Society, 1988-90

Board of Directors, Congress on Research in Dance, 1981-83

Current Professional Affiliations

American Folklore Society
American Anthropological Association: Fellow (elected 1993)
Society for Applied Anthropology (elected Fellow, 1995)
National Assn. for the Practice of Anthropology
American Institute for Yemeni Studies
Association for Conflict Resolution