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His research has focused primarily on thermochronology and its application to continental tectonics. He is the author of Communicating Rocks: Writing, Speaking, and Thinking about Geology (2012, Pearson). From 2001–2004, he was the co-editor of the Geological Society of America Bulletin.

His research has focused primarily on tectonic controls on sedimentation, depositional systems, and paleontology. He is a GSA Fellow who has served as science editor of Geology (2016–2020), associate editor of GSA Bulletin (2006–2009). and co-author of a GSA Special Paper (2017). He has also served on the GSA Publications Committee and the Research Grants Committee and is a member of the Federal Advisory Committee for the National Cooperative Geological Mapping Program (NCGMP).