He is a military veteran and holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Management from Carnegie Mellon University as well as masters degrees in public policy and computer science. He is committed to active and experiential learning techniques in his instruction of course that fall under the areas of organizational behavior and organization development. Keith has authored both teaching cases and teaching exercises for multiple peer-reviewed journals including The CASE Journal, Case Research Journal, Organization Management Journal, Journal of Critical Incidents and Management Teaching Review. Consistently linked to his content and approach are his primary research topics of leadership, power and influence, organizational networks and organizational culture.