He has led international field study courses focused on human rights and poverty to Guatemala, Cuba, South Africa, Tanzania, and the Thai-Burma border. His first book, Freedom from Poverty: NGOs and Human Rights Praxis, analyzes the methods that NGOs use to advocate for rights to food, housing, and health care. His most recent book, Debating Human Rights, examines major controversies in the field of human rights. He has also contributed to journals such as Development and Change, Human Rights Review, and Global Environmental Politics. He is also the Faculty Co-Director of the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub at Rollins.