He received his Ph.D. and A.M. in Hispanic studies from Brown University. The topic of his 2013 Ph.D. dissertation is “Translatio Hierosolymae: The Rhetoric of Jerusalem in Early Modern Spain.” Chad holds a B.A. summa cum laude from Boston University in Spanish and in music education. He is the author of five articles and has edited a journal volume. He is currently working on an annotated scholarly edition.