His academic interests include curriculum development, philosophy of business, and business ethics. He has published in the Journal of Business Ethics on the purpose of business, helped develop a new minor in Liberty Studies in his department, and developed the capstone course for the minor aptly titled “Liberty Studies”. He has been the director of two applied ethics centers at other institutions and was recently the interim director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at UIS. He received his B.A. in Economics from Grove City College and his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Bowling Green State University.