I am fascinated by the question of how communities create meaning. My work in K-12 schools, universities, and nonprofits has illuminated myriad modes of researching, analyzing, and communicating vital issues in our cultural history. Degrees from University of California, University of Chicago, and Emory University have informed these efforts.

My first book, Paul and the Citizen Body (Amazon link), looks at the construction of a civic identity in early Christianity. Currently, I am writing two volumes of a commentary on 1 Clement for Baylor University Press, where I also have a preliminary book chapter (Amazon link). I have published over 30 scholarly articles and essays, and I have presented at Yale, Tufts, Oxford, St Andrews, Princeton, and other institutions. My journal articles have appeared in the top journals of my field, including Biblica (twice), Neotestamentica, Journal of Early Christian History, Open Theology (and again in Open Theology), Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha, Postscripts, and Studia Patristica (twice). My CV is here.

Essays of mine appear in America, The Atlantic, Bust, Busted Halo, Paste, Washington Post, Religion & Politics, and other national media. I have written for TED-Ed, the University of Arizona's Bible Interpretation, and SBL's Bible Odyssey.

I have several digital humanities projects on the Dead Sea Scrolls. I have served on the NAPS Digital Humanities committee. My open-access article on data visualization was published at the University of Heidelberg.