He holds a B.A from Lock Haven University and a M.A and Ph.D from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Prior to working in the Administration of Justice program, he served as a research assistant at the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Research and Training Institute. He also worked as a research consultant at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Applied Research Lab. His consulting experience includes assisting faculty and students with various stages of the research process, including methodological design and survey development, statistical assessment, utilizing NVIVO, SPSS, and Qualtrics. He also consulted the FBI on a project regarding 9/11. His areas of interest include qualitative and quantitative analysis, research methods, and criminological theory.