I am an instructor of Economics and Business at Metropolitan State University of Denver. I received my Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Texas Tech University, where I was a graduate research associate with the Free Market Institute.

I also served as a graduate instructor in the Area of Energy Commerce & Business Economics at the Rawls College of Business. I have taught economics and business at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and the Saigon Institute of Technology.

My research interests center around the economics of marriage, law and economics, institutional economics, and public choice, with a pronounced focus on rational choice theory.

I have presented recent research utilizing rational choice theory on bedding ceremonies and adultery trials, exploring the reasons these practices persisted throughout history. I also take an interest in institutional economics and the determinants of federalist constitutional design across countries.

I received my B.A. in Economics and M.B.A. from Loyola University New Orleans. I am originally from Brenham, Texas—the home of Blue Bell ice cream.