He was previously the director of curriculum and professional development for SHEG. He now serves as a curriculum and professional development consultant to SHEG. A public school history teacher for nine years, he holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Teacher Education from Stanford. He has been involved in the research and development of several SHEG projects and has worked with teachers throughout the country with the Reading Like A Historian curriculum. His B.A. in history is from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and he holds an M.A. in history from the University of Montana. His dissertation, a history of the California history standards, was awarded the Outstanding Dissertation Prize for 2010 from Phi Delta Kappa, the national honor society in education.