Assistant Chairman, "Patterns of American Prejudice," a national conference on prejudice and discrimination, March 24-26,1968, in Berkeley, California.

Institutional Representative (Hawaii) to the Inter-University Consortium for Political Research: July 1970 to June 1973.

Vice President, Hawaii Statistical Association: January 1971 to December 1971.

Member, Hawaii State Census Tract Committee: 1969 to 1974.

President, Save Wawamalu Association: December 1971 to May 1973.

Member, Research Committee, Hawaii Visitors Bureau: 1972 to 1974.

Member, Research Advisory Committee, Hawaii Commission on Children and Youth: 1972 to 1974.

Board Member, Citizens for Hawaii: 1972 to 1974.

Campaign Manager, Carr for Council, 1972.

Vice President, Hawaii Center for Environmental Education: July 1973 to June 1974.

Vice President, est of Hawaii: October 1975 to January 1976.

Member, Planning Committee, University of Hawaii Gerontology Center: May 1977 to January 1978.

Member, Advisory Council, The Hunger Project: January 1978 to April 1984. (Chair, September 1979 to April 1984.)

Board Member, The Holiday Project, 1980 to 1987.

Board Member, Zero Population Growth, Inc., 1980 to 1982.

Member, Advisory Board, The Education Network, March 1983 to 1986.

Area Representative, American Sociological Association, 1985 to 1986.

Member, Membership Committee, American Sociological Association, 1987 to 1990.

Member, Teaching Committee, American Sociological Association, 1989 to 1991.

Council, Undergraduate Education section, American Sociological Association, 1990 to 1992.

Council, American Sociological Association, 1991-94.

Secretary, California Sociological Association, 1993-94.

Member, Committee on the Executive Office and Budget, ASA, 1994-1997.

President, California Sociological Association, 1995-1996.

Chair, Computers and Society Section, ASA, 1995-1996.

Member, Committee on Professional Ethics, ASA, 2000-2004.

Council, Sociology and Computers Section, ASA, 2001 to present.