He received his Ph.D. in Anthropology in 2003 at the University of Arizona. He is an archaeologist with specialization in Paleoindian period, or the earliest period of New World prehistory. He has worked primarily in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. For almost ten years, with Dr. Nicole Waguespack, he excavated Locality B of the Barger Gulch site, a large Folsom residential occupation in Middle Park, Colorado.