He is an active scholar and video artist and is currently working on a feature-length documentary and a short fictional film. He spent four years working in New York City as a freelance digital media artist before moving to Virginia. While in New York, he also taught video production and film studies at four colleges. He holds an M.F.A. in Dramatic Media from the University of Georgia as well as a B.A. and M.A. in Theatre Studies from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and Oklahoma State University, respectively.