His primary research interest is in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century Scottish politics, particularly social organizations, political movements and interactions between parliamentary candidates and constituents. His PhD from the University of Edinburgh focused on local Edinburgh politics during the late-Victorian period and the effects of the Third Reform Act and Irish Home Rule. He has also been published on this subject in the Innes Review. He recently introduced a Modern Scottish history course at PSU, which has led to a broadening of his research into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.