His research is focused on urban economic and transportation geography using spatial analytical methods. He investigates how land-use and transport systems effect discretionary activity participation in metropolitan regions, smart-growth policies, hedonic house price modeling, and technical topics in spatial statistics and econometrics. Steven earned a BA in Geography and Computer Science from McGill University in 2003, an MSA from Ryerson University in 2004, and a PhD in Geography from McMaster University in 2010.