I am a graduate student currently teaching and finishing my PhD at the University of Delaware (Newark, DE). In 2003 I received my B.A. in history from Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA), and I received my MA in Global Governance from the University of Delaware in 2008. My current research interests focus on identity, nationalism, and the international system.

I was born and raised in Zion Grove, Pennsylvania and went to Bloomsburg High School. My wife Lora and I currently live in Marshallton, Delaware, just outside of Wilmington.