His book, How the Internet is Changing the Practice of Politics in the Middle East: Political Protest, New Social Movements, and Electronic Samizdat, was published in 2009. He has published in PS: Political Science and Politics and Periodica Islamica. His research interests lie in political communications, Middle East social movements, internationalizing the curriculum, political conflict, and environmental politics. As the Secretary of the Barrington Conservation Commission, he also has a keen interest in environmental, economic, and political issues in Rhode Island.