He also is an author whose works have appeared in such publications as the Kentucky English Bulletin, Science Scope and Education Post. Stroud is a graduate student at Murray State University and his interests in education include teacher leadership, global competency, culturally relevant pedagogy and TESOL. He was recently named a 2017-18 Kentucky State Teacher Fellow and has been invited to present at the 2018 Global Issues in Multidisciplinary Academic Research Conference in Tokyo this February.