I got a joint public policy PhD in public and environmental affairs and political science from Indiana University in 2006 with research interests in public goods provision, community development, sustainable development, environmental policy, institutional analysis, common pool resources, American and international public management, conflict and conflict resolution, federalism, and heterogeneity and cooperation. I studied with Dr, Elinor Ostrom (2009 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and my dissertation chair), Dr. Vincent Ostrom (dissertation committee member), and Dr, Amos Sawyer (former interim president of Liberia and my dissertation committee member). I am currently working on the following research topics: social heterogeneity and cooperation, federalism and development, and influences on sustainability.

I have taught a variety of courses including statistics, research data analysis, research methods, environmental economics, economics for public administrators, public finance, American and foreign government

Member, American Political Science Association
Member, African Studies Association
About to be a member of American Public Administration Association.