American Anthropological Association. (December 01, 2015 – Present).
Society for Ethnomusicology. (1983 – Present).
member, African Studies Association. (1989 – 2013).
Other,""Music and Ritual"," Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai, China. (September 2023 – Present).
Other,"Center for Sacred Mussic," Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. (August 2023 – Present).
Other,"Global Music Education League," China Conservatory, Beijing, Beijing, China. (June 2018 – Present).
Faculty Development Leave,"The Weaponization of Music," University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (January 13, 2021 – May 5, 2021).
Other,"Faculty Advisor for the Chinese Ensemble," College of Music, denton, Tx, United States of America. (March 2017 – October 2017).
Longest Running Study Abroad Program, UNT-International. (2012 – 2012).
Alan Merriam Prize for Most Distinguished Book in Ethnomusicology, Society for Ethnomusicology. (2010 – 2010).
Regents Lecture, University of North Texas. (2007 – 2007).
Distinguished International Education Award, University of North Texas. (2004 – 2004).
Fellow, American Philosophical Society. (2004 – 2004).
Dissertation Committee Chair,"Forbidden Sounds: The Art, Culture, and Politics of Chinese Hip-Hop," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (2022 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Chair, Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (2022 – Present).
Dissertation Committee Member,"Echoes of the Banshee: Understanding the Legacy of the Irish Keen in the 21st Century," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (September 26, 2020 – Present).
Related Field Professor, Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (August 2018 – Present).
Related Field Professor, Instrumental Studies. (August 2018 – Present).
Other,"Shifting Identities - The Corporeal Simulation and Trans-contextualization in Sri Lankan Low-country Drumming," Anthropology. (2022 – 2022).
Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Sounding the Ancestors: Sangpuy Katatepan Mavalyw and the AncestralL Spirit Imaginary," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (October 2, 2020).
Dissertation Committee Chair,"MARIACHISMO: MUSIC, MACHISMO, AND MEXICANIDAD," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (August 2016 – August 17, 2020).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"DESPEDIDA CON MARIACHI: THE MUSICAL MEDIATION OF MASCULINE GRIEF IN MEXICAN IMMIGRANT," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (January 15, 2016 – August 6, 2020).
Dissertation Committee Member,"BORROWING CULTURE: BRITISH MUSIC CIRCULATING LIBRARIES AND DOMESTIC MUSICAL PRACTICE, 1853–1910," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (April 9, 2020).
Other,"Come Together Right Now Over Me," Anthropology. (May 1, 2019 – December 1, 2019).
Dissertation Committee Member, Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (August 25, 2016 – December 15, 2018).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"Rasa Theory in Carnatic Music," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (August 28, 2017 – November 26, 2018).
Related Field Professor,"Investigation, Interpretation and Internalization of Concerto Piccolino for Vibraphone by Milton Babbitt," Instrumental Studies. (August 15, 2015 – October 18, 2018).
DMA Dissertation Recital - Major Professor,"Expanding the violin’s possibilities in Chinese Music: A case study of transcription and performance issues related to pipa music played on the violin," Instrumental Studies. (August 15, 2016 – May 15, 2018).
Master's Thesis Committee Member,"master's thesis," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (April 14, 2018).
Other,"Music Culture of the Forest People of Africa," Honors College. (August 28, 2017 – December 01, 2017).
Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Listening in the Living Room: The Pursuit of Authentic Spaces and Sounds in Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Do It Yourself (DIY) Punk Rock," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (August 2017).
Dissertation Committee Member,"“The Most Expressionist of All the Arts: Programs, Politics, and Performance in Critical Discourse about Music and Expressionism, c. 1918-1923”," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (May 2016).
Dissertation Committee Member, Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (May 2016).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"It's Not Fusion: Hybridity in the Music of Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthappa," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (2010 – 2012).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"Performance of the Classical in the Karnatic Music Society of South India," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (2010 – 2012).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"The Otha Turner Family Picnic: Occupying Musical and Social Space In-Between Saturday Night and Sunday Morning," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (2009 – 2011).
Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"The "being" of a Stickist: Phenomenology, Globalization, and "Dwelling"," Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology. (2006 – 2008).
Friedson, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Yale Program in Medicine, Spirituality, and Religion Colloquium, African Healing and the Arts, Yale, Yale, New Haven, CT, United States of America. (2022).
Friedson, S. (Author & Presenter), "Being Musical in a University Core Curriculum", Shanghai Normal University, China. (2018).
Friedson, S. (Author & Presenter), Music and Trance in Africa, Shanghai Conservatory, Shanghai, China, China. (2018).
Friedson, S. (Author & Presenter), "Being Musical in a University Core Curriculum", Xi'an Conservatory, Xi'an, China, China. (2018).
Friedson, S. (Author & Presenter), Music and Islam in a West African Shrine, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China, China. (2018).
Friedson, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Dancing Prophets: The Musical Construction of Clinical Reality, Central China Conservatory, Beijing, China, China. (2018).
Friedson, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Dancing Prophets: The Musical Construction of Clinical Reality, Xianghai Conservatory of Music, Guangzhou, China, China. (2018).
Friedson, S. M. (Author & Presenter), “Being-Musical in a University Core Curriculum”, Xianghai Conservatory of Music, Guangzhou, China, China. (2018).
Friedson, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Honors College, "Prophet Healers of Northern Malawi", University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).
Friedson, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Black Sacred Arts: Ritual Transformations of Consciousness, The Drum and the AR-15, Institute for Sacred Music, Yale, New Haven, Conn., United States of America. (2023 – 2023).
Friedson, S. (Author & Presenter), The Ritual Process: An Anthropology of New Beginnings, “The Unbearable Weight of Music: The Intermezzo”, European Research Council, London, England, United Kingdom. (2018 – 2018).
Friedson, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, "Musical Others: Being-Musical in a World Music Course", Education Section, Denver, CO, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).
Friedson, S. M., University of Oklahoma, Honors College, Dancing Prophets Revisted. (2015 – 2015).
Friedson, S. M. (Chair), Society for Ethnomusicology Southern Plains Chapter Regional Conference, Musical Practice and Embodiment, Society for Ethnomusicology Southern Plains Chapter, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).
Friedson, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Music, Media, and Place, series of lectures, MMaP, Memorial University, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. (2017 – 2017).
Friedson, S. M. (Author & Presenter), Robert M Trotter Visiting Distinguished Professor, Lectures, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).
Friedson, S. (Moderator), The Ritual Process: An Anthropology of New Beginnings, "Ritual, Liminality and Communitas, a Genesis", European Research Council, London, England, United Kingdom. (2018 – 2018).
Friedson, S. M. (Panelist), American Anthropological Association, Sacred Sound and Musical Religious Ontologies, Music and Sound Interest Group, Washington, D.C., United States of America. (2017 – 2017).
Other. "Cloth Talks: Textiles from West Africa," UNT on the Square. (2012 – 2012).
Robert M. Trotter Visiting Distinguished Professor, University of Oregon. (February 2017 – February 2017).
Member, Graduate Academic Degrees Committee. (August 2022 – Present).
Other, Chinese Music Ensemble. (January 15, 2016 – Present).
Committee Member, Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee: Division of Music History, Theory, and Ethnomusicology. (2022 – 2025).
Committee Member, RPTC/PAC. (August 2022 – June 2025).
Committee Member, RPTC/PAC. (2022 – 2023).
Committee Member, Search Committee: Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology. (2022 – 2023).
Faculty Advisor, Student Society for Ethnomusicology at North Texas. (2022 – 2023).
Committee Member, University Distinguished Research Professor Committee. (August 2017 – September 2023).
Committee Member, Nketia Book Prize: African Music Section (Soceity for Ethnomusicology). (2022 – 2022).
Faculty Advisor, Student Society for Ethnomusicology at UNT. (2016 – 2021).
Program Coordinator, Ethnomusicology Area. (August 1992 – August 2021).
Committee Member, Ad Hoc Committee for the Revision of the Division Mission and Vision Statement. (October 16, 2019 – 2019).
Chairperson, RPTC, Division of Music History, Theory, and Ethnomusicology. (2014 – 2017).
Committee Member, University Distinguished Research Professor Committee. (2012 – 2015).
Committee Member, Global Affairs Committee. (2011 – 2013).
Committee Member, Lecture Committee: Division of Music History, Theory, and Ethnomusicology. (2009 – 2013).
Committee Member, Kwabena Nketia Book Prize Committee. (2012 – 2012).
Committee Member, Search Committee: Ethnomusicology; Visiting Assistant Professor. (2012 – 2012).
Other, Search Committee: Music History; Assistant Professor. (2012 – 2012).
Committee Member, Search Committee: Music History; Full Professor. (2012 – 2012).
Committee Member, Search Committee: South Asian Media, Culture, and the Arts; Director. (2012 – 2012).
Committee Member, Nketia Book Prize: African Music Section (Society for Ethnomusicology). (2011 – 2012).
Committee Member, Alan Merriam Prize for Most Distinguished Book in Ethnomusicology Committee. (2011 – 2011).
Other, Academic Integrity Consultant Pool, Provost's Council. (2009 – 2010).
Other, Distinguish Research Professor Selection and Review Committee. (2009 – 2010).
Committee Member, International Education Committee. (2008 – 2009).
Committee Member, Charn Uswachoke International Development Fund Committee. (2007 – 2009).
Other, University Advocacy Group for University Core Requirements. (2006 – 2007).
Other, UNT internal review of all Ph. D. programs. (2006 – 2007).
Committee Member, Committee on Faculty Participation in Governance. (2000 – 2001).
Committee Member, Faculty Development Leave Committee. (2000 – 2001).
Other, Hopwood Task Force on Affirmative Action. (2000 – 2001).
Committee Member, University Review Committee. (2000 – 2001).
Committee Chair, Academic Affairs Committee. (1997 – 2000).
Other, Faculty Senate. (1992 – 1997).
Committee Member, University Curriculum Committee. (1990 – 1996).
Member, Canadian Council of Chairs, Canada. (May 2016 – Present).
Board of Advisors, Institute for Sacred Music, New Haven, Connecticut. (August 2020 – August 2024).
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Canadian Council of Chairs. (2022 – 2023).
External T&P Letter Writer, New York University, Abu Dhabi. (2022 – 2022).
Committee Member, Society for Ethnomusicology /African and African Diasporic Music. (May 1, 2022 – September 1, 2022).
Board of Directors, Institute for Sacred Music, Yale University, New Haven,, Connecticut. (May 16, 2022 – May 18, 2022).
Chairperson, Institute for Sacred Music: Africana Sacred Healing Arts, New Haven, Connecticut. (May 17, 2022 – May 17, 2022).
Editorial Review Board Member, Society for Ethnomusicology Journal. (August 15, 2015 – October 2021).
Editorial Review Board Member, African Music Journal. (August 15, 2012 – August 2020).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Ethnologia Polona. (November 05, 2019 – December 05, 2019).
Committee Member, Jaap Kunst Prize (Society for Ethnomusicology). (January 2017 – January 2018).
External T&P Letter Writer, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York. (August 15, 2017 – December 15, 2017).
Other, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. (March 2017 – August 2017).
Academic, Shanghai Conservatory, Shanghai, PRC, China. (January 1, 2020 – Present).
Academic, Yale Institute for Sacred Music, Yale University, United States of America. (October 1, 2020 – May 1, 2025).
Academic, Yale Institute for Sacred Music, Yale, United States of America. (September 1, 2021 – May 18, 2022).