He received his PhD from the University of Georgia, where he developed works regarding visual arts-based research methodologies and socially engaged art practices. His work has appeared in (or is forthcoming from) The American Education Research Journal, New South, Unsplendid, The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, The Journal of Teaching and Learning, The Journal of Language and Literacy Education, Teacher’s College Record, Harvard Education Review, Haiku Journal, and Hot Metal Bridge, and in anthologies by Stylus Press and Routledge. His graphic novel about social justice-oriented teacher education, On Mutant Pedagogies, co-authored with Stephanie Jones, was released by Sense Publications in 2016.