He has written about social movements,[1] conspiracies,[2] Barry Goldwater, and Jewish farmers in Clarion, Utah and the American West.
[4] He began teaching in 1977 as an assistant history professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
[6] Elliott West described his book on the rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado as sophisticated and well written, noting it uses case studies to cover the subject.
[7] Publishers Weekly described his book on Barry Goldwater as well balanced and solid.
[8] A review in the Great Plains Quarterly describes his book on the Colorado Klan as an interesting profile with fascinating detail.