He specializes in informing decisions with an emphasis on individual differences in philosophically relevant judgments and practical implications of those judgments in domains such as health, medicine, law, and finance. He received his PhD from Florida State University (2008). He has previously been an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Schreiner University and a Visiting Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany. He is the co-founder and co-managing director of RiskLiteracy.org. His research has been supported by grants or sub-grants from the John Templeton Foundation and the National Science Foundation.