I am a Teaching Associate Professor of General Business and the Director of Labor Policy with the Knee Regulatory Research Center at the John Chambers School of Business and Economics at West Virginia University. I was previously with the Knee Center at Saint Francis University. My research interests are the effects of occupational licensing, health care scope of practice laws, and health care access. completed his Ph.D. in Economics at Universidad Francisco Marroquín and earned an MA in Economics from George Mason University. While I was at George Mason, I was a member of the Mercatus Center MA Fellowship Program. I am an Economics of Human Flourishing Fellow with the Archbridge Institute. I have formerly had fellowships with Catalyst and Empower Mississippi.

My role with the Knee Regulatory Research Center gives me the opportunity to share my research with state legislators and policymakers, authoring white papers and providing expert testimony to state legislatures on occupational licensing reform.