After obtaining both his BA (2003) and MA (2005) in Spanish from BYU, he went on to Vanderbilt University, completing his PhD in 2009. His primary research focuses on the cultural cross-pollination that occurred between Spain and Portugal during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. He has published in journals such as the Bulletin of the Comediantes andHispania and is in the process of finalizing a book manuscript titled Lusophilia in a Spanish Costume: Rethinking Early ModernIberian Literature. He has taught beginning and intermediate courses in Spanish language, conversation, and composition; introductory literature courses; surveys on poetry, theater, and Spanish literature; and honors colloquia on Don Juan and Don Quixote.