He teaches Constitutional Law, First Amendment Law, Election Law, and Criminal Law. He previously co-taught a course on AIDS and the Law. He serves as Chairman of the University’s Faculty Senate and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Akron-Summit County Public Library. He served as a member of the 2010 City of Akron Charter Review Commission and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Community AIDS Network of Akron. He received a B.A. in psychology from the University of Rochester, a J.D. from the University of Denver, and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. Before joining the faculty, he was a staff attorney at the National Center for State Courts in Williamsburg, VA, where he directed a research project on the impact of sentencing guidelines on sentencing and plea bargaining practices. He is a member of the Colorado bar.