He received his Ph.D. from the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University in 2000. His research interests are in the areas of debt financing and options markets. His publications have appeared in The Journal of Finance and the Journal of Financial Economics, among others. He has taught courses in corporate finance at Purdue University and TCU. He has won the teaching award in the MBA core program at Texas Christian University and has been named a Mortar Board Preferred Professor for his undergraduate teaching.