His areas of research include Middle East history and politics, U.S. foreign policy, political philosophy, and warfare. He is currently completing an ad hoc interdisciplinary Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. Casagranda is regularly featured on the Austin ABC affiliate KVUE, where he serves as Middle East Political Affairs Expert. He was a regular contributor to Iran's Mehrmaneh Weekly, and he wrote for Iran's Hamshahri Daily and Donya-e-Eqtesad Daily, where he served as an expert in Arab and U.S. politics and history.