He graduated from Swarthmore College in 1992 with a double major in psychology and philosophy, completed a PhD in experimental psychology with APS William James Fellow Martha J. Farah at the University of Pennsylvania in 1999, and a post-doctoral research fellowship with APS Fellow George R. Mangun at Duke University, before coming to Gettysburg College in 2004. He has been happily married for 15 years and has two children (Sedona, age 13, and Luke, age 9). When he isn’t working, he enjoys spending time with his family, baking bread, travelling, gardening, and photography.