Prior to OSU, he spent two years as an assistant professor at the Center for the Army Profession and Ethic, at WestPoint. He received his Ph.D. (Organizational Behavior) from the University of Washington. His primary research includes behavioral ethics/workplace malfeasance, social/relational identity and situated judgment, gender and racial parity, implicit (non-conscious) cognition, and research methods/epistemology. His research has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Research Methods, and the Journal of Organizational Behavior. His work has been featured in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, the Globe & Mail (Canada), and Forbes Magazine (India edition).