Over the past 25 years Steve has been a faculty member in the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism where his primary appointment was the Coordinator of the Cooperative Education and Internship programs. As a member of the PRT faculty, Steve has also served as the Coordinator of the Therapeutic Recreation (TR) Emphasis where he and the TR faculty restructured the therapeutic recreation curriculum. Steve was also instrumental in the development of the Recreational Therapy degree program which began in fall of 2016. He also participated in the development and teaching of the Integrated Core; an innovative method of delivering core curriculum in a concentrated block during one semester.