He earned his PhD in experimental psychology from Binghamton University SUNY. His psychoacoustic research on speech and music perception has appeared in top-tier journals. He has chaired conference sessions for APA, WPA, and the Acoustical Society of America, and has organized international meetings of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition. While teaching at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), he received Psi Chi’s Regional Faculty Advisor Award, in addition to UNLV’s highest teaching distinction. HE currently serves on the Southeastern Regional Steering Committee, which plans Psi Chi events and student awards at the meeting of SEPA, and Western Region. Dr. Hall joined the Psi Chi national council as the Western Regional Vice-President from 2003-05, serving on Internal and External Affairs committees, as well as on the Diversity Task Force.