He received his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 2003, and was an Assistant Professor at Montana State University before coming to Western in 2005. His research interests include neighborhood social organization in response to mortality and disaster, the National Football League as a labor market, media socialization, patterns of suburban crime, and broader issues of social justice and injustice. His teaching interests include deviance, criminology, as well as research methodology. Seth also enjoys traveling through the global village, and likes to incorporate his interest with undergraduates via study abroad courses.