The author or co-author of several site studies, public history reports, and exhibits, he currently serves as a member of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission and of the board of directors of the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation. His first book, No Jim Crow Church: The Origins of South Carolina’s Bahá’í Community (2015), has just been released in paperback by the University Press of Florida, and he is at work on a short, copiously illustrated companion volume under contract with the History Press. He blogs on issues related to race, religion, history, and culture at www.louisventers.com, and some of his writing has appeared at www.goodmenproject.com and www.medium.com.