Faced with encircling career and personal demands he returned to academia where he earned a Master of Science in Social Science with an emphasis in public administration, urban regional planning and peace studies from Florida State University. Afterwards he enrolled in a doctorate of education social science program and was employed with a medical school as a liaison to a state governor’s office in the capacity of senior researcher for youth and tobacco use and related policy issues. After a political regime change, he resigned and focused his attentions on the global issue of street children which led to his working as a surrogate parent, teacher and ombudsman on their behalf in a shelter located in Latin America. He eventually wrote his dissertation on the difficult lives of the feral children he encountered. Upon the completion of his doctorate studies he was awarded both the Ph.D. in Foundations of Education, program in the social sciences, and the Graduate Certificate in Educational Policy from Florida State University in 2002.

Afterwards, he taught sociology at a predominantly African-American university, sociology at a junior college, then foundations of education with an emphasis in culture and education at a large state university. In addition to teaching, he serves in the capacity of analyst and advisor for educational and societal affairs in both the public and private sectors. His scholarly expertise includes government, public administration, foundations of education, sociology and educational policy analysis. In practice, he is a contributing scholar at the Mantis Institute, a social science educational society where he serves as a principal researcher, writer, teacher and ombudsman for ethical social justice in public life.