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Current Positions
Senior Advisor, Capital Markets Initiative and Research Fellow, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Studies, The Heritage Foundation, 2025-present
Visiting Fellow, The Madden Center for Value Creation, Florida Atlantic University, 2025-present
Policy Adviser, The Heartland Institute, 2016-present
Associated Scholar, Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2017-present
Education
Ph.D., Auburn University
LL.M., Temple University
J.D., West Virginia University
M.A., West Virginia University
B.A., Furman University
Honors & Awards
Novel A Glooming Peace This Morning named finalist for 2024 Book of the Year by Southern Literary Review (2024)
Elected member of the Mont Pelerin Society (2024)
Club for Growth Foundation Fellowship (2024)
The Heritage Foundation Freedom and Opportunity Academic Prize (2023)
AmPhil Fundraising Fellowship, Center for Civil Society at American Philanthropic (2023)
Henry Hazlitt Memorial Lecture, 2023 Austrian Economics Research Conference, Ludwig von Mises Institute (2023)
Visiting Scholar, American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) (2020)
Oikonomia Fellowship, The Acton Institute (2019)
Of Bees and Boys named 10 Short Books You Should Read in October 2018 by Conversations Magazine (2018)
Of Bees and Boys named to list of Must Reads by Southern Authors by Southern Writers (2018)
Who’s Who in Law Higher Education (WWLHE) (2018)
William Faulkner Southern Writers Award, “2017 Distinguishable Lawyers,” in The Docket (December 2017 Special Issue, a publication of the Montgomery County Bar Association)
Of Bees and Boys named Top 50 Non-Fiction Books of 2017 by Conversations Magazine (2017)
Southern Literary Review October Read of the Month for book Of Bees and Boys (2017)
Rising Star Award, The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University (2016)
Best of the Net Nominee for the essay “Harper Lee and Words Left Behind” in Red Truck Review (2015)
Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi (2015)
Graduate Travel Fellowship, Auburn University Graduate School (2015)
Travel Grant, Auburn University Department of English (2015)
Pushcart Prize Nominee for the poem “Service at St. Paul’s” in Red Truck Review (2014)
Elected Member of the Hugh Maddox Inn of Court (2014)
Mises Emerging Scholar, Ludwig von Mises Institute Canada (2014)
Elected Member of The Philadelphia Society (2012)
Mises Institute Scholarship, The Mises Institute Supporter’s Summit and 30th Anniversary Celebration (2012)
March Student Spotlight, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), Campus Freedom Network (2012)
Mises Austrian Scholars Conference Scholarship, Ludwig Von Mises Institute (2012)
Mises Circle Scholarship, Ludwig Von Mises Institute (2012)
Keynote Speaker, Photocraft Annual Publishers’ Banquet, Bridgeport, West Virginia, November 18 (2011)
Thomas C. and Irene W. Graham Fellowship, Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University (2011-12)
Humane Studies Fellowship, Institute for Humane Studies (2011-12)
Hayek Fund for Scholars, Travel Grant, Institute for Humane Studies (2011)
Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) Scholarship Recipient, The Philadelphia Society (2011)
Travel Grant, Auburn University Graduate School (2011)
Travel Grant, Auburn University Department of English (2011)
Scholarship, Stephen Dill Lee Institute (2011)
Mises Circle Scholarship, Ludwig Von Mises Institute (2010)
Earhart Foundation Scholarship, The Philadelphia Society (2010)
Graduate Dean Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University (2010-11)
Distinguished Classroom Performance Distinction (DCP), Cyberprivacy Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law (2010)
Researcher in Residence, The Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal (2010)
Golden Key International Honour Society (2008)
Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love Scholarship, West Virginia University College of Law (2007)
J. Richard Guess Scholarship for Outstanding Writing Ability, Furman University (2004-05)
Sigma Tau Delta, International English Honor Society (2004-05)
Phi Eta Sigma, National Freshman Honor Society (2002)
Eta Sigma Phi, Associate Member, National Classics Honor Society (2002)
Dean’s List, Furman University (2001-05)
Past Professional Experience and Academic Appointments
2024-25
Visiting Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
2020-25
Associate Dean and Grady Rosier Professor, The Sorrell College of Business, Troy University
2021-25
Executive Director, The Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy, Troy University
2020-2021
Interim Executive Director, The Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy, Troy University
2016-2020
Associate Dean, Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law.
2016-2020
Founding Executive Director, Blackstone & Burke Center for Law & Liberty.
2019
Interim Director of Admissions, Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law.
2016
Assistant Attorney General, Solicitor’s Division, Opinions Section, State of Alabama Office of the Attorney General.
2013-16
Staff Attorney for Chief Justice Roy S. Moore, Supreme Court of Alabama. Montgomery, Alabama, United States of America.
2015-19
Adjunct Professor, Faulkner University Department of Humanities, Evening Program. Montgomery, Alabama, United States of America.
2015
Adjunct Professor, Huntingdon College, W. James Samford Jr. School of Business and Professional Studies, Evening Program. Montgomery, Alabama, United States of America.
2014-19
Adjunct Professor, Faulkner University Department of English, Evening Program. Montgomery, Alabama, United States of America.
2013
Adjunct Professor, Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law. Montgomery, Alabama, United States of America.
2012-13
Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC. Attorney. Alpharetta and Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
2011
Faulkner University Thomas Goode Jones School of Law. Adjunct Professor. Montgomery, Alabama, United States of America.
2011
Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project, Auburn University. Instructor. Auburn, Alabama, United States of America.
2010-12
Auburn University Department of English. Graduate Instructor. Auburn, Alabama, United States of America.
2010-11
CLVL Solutions, LLC. Attorney. Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.
2009
The Cato Institute. Adjunct Legal Associate. Washington, D.C., United States of America.
2008-09
Research Assistant for Dean Caprice Roberts, Associate Dean for Faculty Research & Development & Professor of Law, West Virginia University College of Law. Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America.
2008
American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ). Project Associate. Tokyo, Japan.
2007-08
Research Assistant for Professor James Elkins, Benedum Distinguished Scholar at West Virginia University College of Law. Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America.
2007
West Virginia University College of Law. Teaching Assistant, Legal Research and Writing Department. Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America.
2007
Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer, PLLC. Summer Associate. Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America.
2005-06
Shimon Kids English College (SKEC), Shimon Juku. English Language Instructor. Ogaki, Gifu, Japan.
2004
Brock, Clay, Calhoun, Wilson & Rogers, PC. Intern. Marietta, Georgia, United States of America.
2003
District of Columbia Office of the Corporation Counsel. Family Division. Child Abuse and Neglect Department. Intern. Washington, D.C., United States of America.
Bar Admissions
Alabama; Georgia; District of Columbia (inactive); United States Supreme Court; United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia; United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia