He received his Ph.D. in Experimental Social Psychology from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. He has published research on how service-learning program alumni continue reflective practice after graduation and how dialogue across perceived difference during service-learning programs has impacts in the lives of program alumni after graduation. Currently, he is Co-Editor (with Dr. Lane Perry) of the International Journal for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement and is a Community Engagement Research Fellow with the Center for Community-Based Learning at the University of North Florida.