Before taking an academic position at UNC, he worked as an educational researcher at McREL. In this position, he worked on state- and federally-funded projects and developed grant proposals and budgets. Additionally, he worked with educators, policy-makers, and educational decision-makers to translate research and program evaluations into evidence-based practices. While at UNC, he has been an active member of both the undergraduate and graduate curriculum committees in the School of Psychological Sciences. Since 2014, he has been a member of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at UNC. Recently, he has been a review panelist for APA’s Division 15 Early Career Research Grant and a reviewer for the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grant program.