He has been an adjunct lecturer both at Lehman and at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. He holds a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology from Teacher’s College, Columbia University and a Master of Social Work from Hunter’s Silberman School of Social Work. He earned his Ph.D. in Social Welfare in 2012 from the CUNY Graduate Center. His dissertation was titled “Being with Difference: Parenting Experiences of Gay Adoptive Fathers.” His research interests include social work with LGBT populations, child welfare practice, the experiences of same sex parents and their families, and approaches to teaching research methods to social work students.