Consultant

• PEN USA Award in Poetry, Los Angeles, CA, February 2007
• Saltonstall Poetry Fellowships ($5,000 each), Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY, 2004
• Nominator, President, The Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL, September 2003
• Judge, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize ($100,000), The Modern Poetry Association, 2002
• Consultant and English Translation Editor, The Persian Book Review and Cactus, 2001-present
• Judge, Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards ($150,000 and $15,000), 2001
• Judge, Academy of American Poets' University Award (University of Redlands), 2000
• Preliminary Judge, Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards, 1994-95, 1996-97
• Judge, Poetry Award, P.E.N. Center U.S.A. West, 1994-1995
• Judge, John Williams Andrews Narrative Poetry Competition, 1993
• Judge, Poet Lore National Poetry Competition, 1992
• Judge and Chair of Judging Committee, Los Angeles Times Book Award in Poetry, 1987-89
• Faculty Panelist, Fulbright Fellowship Screening, Education Abroad Program, UCR, 1993-present