He earned a Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2012. Prior to joining the University of Central Florida, he was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Temple University from 2012 to 2014. He also worked at Oxus Research and Investments (New Delhi, India) as an economist from 2003 to 2007. During this period he published a book, academic and nonacademic articles on various labor market issues.