He is a 2009 graduate of Ohio University's School of Visual Communication's masters degree program with a MA in Photography. Prior to that he was the Photojournalist-In-Residence at Western Kentucky University from 2006 to 2008 where he got to work with some of the best photojournalism students in the country. At the fifteen Mountain Workshops he has been a part of he has been a shooting coach, story researcher, digital imager, book toner, student labbie and student photographer.