He is passionate about evidence-based teaching and learning and the effective use of technology in the classroom. He has won teaching awards at two different institutions of higher education and has given talks about teaching and technology to a wide variety of audiences. He was invited to be a Featured Speaker at the Lilly West Conference on College and University Teaching in March 2012. He is the Principal Investigator of a 3-year National Science Foundation grant working to develop high-quality active-engagement teaching materials for courses on nuclear and particle physics.