He received his PhD in Germanic Languages from UCLA in 1994, writing his dissertation on the Jewish Austrian writer and holocaust survivor Albert Drach. His publications include 'Albert Drach and His Demons,' 'B. Traven: Idealism, Anarchy, and Estrangement,' 'Alienation and Right-Wing Extremism in Austria,' 'German Perceptions of Austria: Modeling Anti-Foreigner Sentiment,' and 'The Future Needs Tradition.”