Born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, Joe went on to complete his Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Master’s of Education in Counseling Psychology at the University of Missouri, and PhD in Counseling Psychology at Iowa State University. Prior to starting his faculty position at the University of Kentucky, he completed an APA-Accredited Predoctoral Psychology Internship at the University of Maryland Counseling Center. His program of research focuses on help seeking with an emphasis on culturally-informed methods, measurements, and models. His work in the psychology of atheism is one manifestation of that emphasis.