Earned a PhD. in Philosophy, with specializations in Moral and Political Philosophy, from Rice University in 2004. Has served as Assistant Professor in Philosophy at PVAMU and UTRGV, in their Philosophy Dept., and as Associate Professor in PVAMU's Justice Studies Dept. He is the author of various peer-reviewed articles in moral, legal and political philosophy and in criminology, and of Justice for Children: Autonomy Development and the State (SUNY Press), and of High and Low Corruption: Children, Capabilities, and Crime (Rowman & Littlefield).