• University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. in Classics, 2009
  
• University of Canterbury, New Zealand, M.A. with Distinction in Classics, 2001
  
• University of Canterbury, New Zealand, B.A. with First Class Honours in Classics, 1999
  
• University of Canterbury, New Zealand, B.Sc. in Statistics, 1993

• Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 2011-Present
  
• Lecturer, Department of Classics, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 2010-2011
  
• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Classics, University of Texas at Austin, 2009-2010

• “From Abolition to Revival: The Ephebeia as a Legacy of Lycurgan Athens” in A.Scafuro, A.Kurihara, and L.Rubenstein eds., Lycurgus in Context. (Accepted and Revised)
• "The Nemesia in Lycurgan Athens" in J.Bodel, N.Dimitrova eds., Ancient Documents and Their Contexts: First North American Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (2011), Leiden: Brill Studies in Greek and Roman Epigraphy, 2014, pp. 98-110.
• "Ephebe," "Leuctra, Battle of (371)," and "Military Structure and Organization, Greek,"in Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2009
• "The Notion of a Fair Fight in Ancient Greece and in Modern Warfare" in Michael B.Cosmopoulos, ed., Experiencing War: Trauma and Society in Ancient Greece and Today, Chicago: Ares Publishers, 2007, pp. 95-122
• Review of R. Lane Fox ed., The Long March: Xenophon and the Ten Thousand (Yale University Press, 2004), London Times Higher Education Supplement, 06/10/05, p. 28 (with Thomas Palaima)
  

Work in Progress

• The Athenian Ephebeia in the Fourth Century B.C. (Book)
• “Fathers and Sons in the Lycurgan Ephebeia” (Article)
• "The Spartan Hoplite Pursuit in the Classical Period" (Article)
  

• “Unfulfilled Potential? The Skirmisher in Greek Warfare ca. 431-362 B.C.” SCS, San Francisco, CA, 2016
• “Lycurgus, Ephebes, and the Gods.” Brown University, Providence, RI, 2015 (Invited)
• "The Spartan Defeat at Lechaeum." CAMWS, Boulder, CO 2015
• "The Ephebic Corpus: Work in Progress?" CAMWS, Baylor, Waco, TX 2014
  
• "From Abolition to Renewal: The Ephebeia after Lycurgus." APA, Chicago, IL, 2014
• "Between Oikos and Demos: The Sophronistes in Lycurgan Athens." CAMWS, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2013
• A Drunken Brawl at Panactum: Ataxia in Demosthenes 54" CAMWS, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 2012
  
• "Ephebes as All-Round Warriors?" CAMWS, Calvin College and Grand Valley State Univesity, Grand Rapids, MI, 2011
  
• "The Nemesia in Lycurgan Athens." ASGLE, San Antonio, TX, 2010
  
• "The Greek Hoplite from Marathon to Chaeronea." AIA/East Tennessee Society and the McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 2010 (Invited)
  
• "The Persian defeat at Marathon: A New Perspective." University of Texas, Austin, TX, 2010 (Invited)
  
• "Draft-Dodging Ephebes: The Avoidance of Military Service in the Ephebeia." CAMWS, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2008
  
• "The Reformed Ephebia: An Alternative Explanation?" APA, San Diego, CA, 2007
  
• "We know how to Control our Youth! Discipline in the Lycurgan Ephebia." CAMWSSouthern Section, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, 2006
  
• "Playing Sports may be fun, but I'll take all the Glory - The Synstremmatarches and the Synstremma in the Athenian Ephebia." CAMWS, University of Florida, FL, 2006
  
• "Spartan Adaptation in the Peloponnesian War." CAMWS, University of Wisconsin- Madison, WI, 2005
  
• "The Notion of a Fair Fight in Ancient Greece and in Modern Warfare." Achilles in Iraq: the Contribution of Greece to Modern Understandings of War and Peace, University of Missouri,St. Louis, MO, 2004
  
• "The Javelin in Greek Warfare." New Zealand Classical Studies Postgraduate Conference, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand 2001
  
• "Innovation from Disaster: The Spartan 'Running-out' Tactic." New Zealand Classical Studies Postgraduate Conference, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand 2000

• 2016 Junior Excellence Teaching Award from the College of Arts and Sciences
• Professional Development Award, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 2013
• Dickson Fellowship Award, University of Texas at Austin, 2009
  
• Battle Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 2009
  
• Hemphill/Gilmore Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 2007-2008
  
• Continuing Tuition Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 2006-2007
  
• David Bruton, Jr. Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 2006-2007
  
• University of Canterbury Doctoral Scholarship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 2001 (declined)
  
• University Prize, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 2000
  
• University of Canterbury Masters' Scholarship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1999
  
• Alabaster Scholarship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1998