His research, teaching, and engagement interests include community literacy, public rhetoric, the science of learning and motivation, critical entrepreneurship, and the intersections between rhetoric and psychology. Prior to completing his PhD at the University of Michigan, he taught English in Uzbekistan through the Peace Corps, and he has participated in community-writing projects in various schools and communities in Detroit, Miami, and a village near Leon, Nicaragua. His scholarship has appeared in journals including College English, the Community Literacy Journal, Reflections, and Composition Forum. His first book, Collaborative Imagination: Earning Activism through Literacy Education, was published by Southern Illinois University Press in 2015.