He earned his Ph.D. in Exercise and Wellness education from Arizona State University in 2001 and his Masters in Wellness Management from Ball State’s Institute for Wellness. He earned a BS in Business from Purdue University in 1989. He has an active research agenda with over 100 national and international papers and presentations and consults with industry. His research focus is on positive health and it precursors. He works to discover what is necessary to create, nurture, enable, and reinforce better health beyond the absence of disease.