His scholarly interests include graduate student learning, persistence and retention, STEM education, and the graduate student experiences of students of color. His dissertation explored how doctoral research experiences influenced engineering students' learning about research, as well as perceptions of and preparation for the engineering professoriate. In addition, his dissertation investigated if there were any differences based on students' social identity characteristics (e.g., race; gender; nationality) and prior experiences (e.g., parents education and occupation; undergraduate research experiences; previous work experiences).