His pri­mary areas of research are labor eco­nom­ics and pub­lic finance, with a focus on vet­eran employ­ment and dis­abil­ity com­pen­sa­tion. Currently a Major in the U.S. Army, Kyle served tours in Iraq and Germany prior to teach­ing at the United States Military Academy. He earned a BS in Mathematics from the United States Military Academy in 2005 and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2015.