He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in Social Psychology at the University of Connecticut, and his B.A. in Psychology and Sociology at Boston College. Prior to joining the Emory community, he served as an Associate Professor of Psychology at Purchase College, State University of New York, where he chaired the University’s Strategic Planning Committee. At Emory, he will be working to build and expand research collaborations, with a focus on adolescent health behavior including HIV prevention and intervention, as well as motivations for and responses to terrorism that involves colleagues in the School of Medicine and the Rollins School of Public Health.