His research focuses on understanding the role of financial and informational factors in the college enrollment decisions and related labor market outcomes of non-traditional and disadvantaged students. He is a former Spencer Dissertation Fellow and has received funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Education, the UC Davis Center for Poverty Research, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, and the American Educational Research Association. His research has been published in top economics field journals, including the Journal of Public Economics and the Journal of Human Resources. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Virginia.