Brian is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Administration and Director of the Collaboration and Conflict Management Program at Boise State University. From 2007-2017, Brian served in multiple capacities at MSU Law, including Clinical Professor of Law, Title IX Coordinator, Conflict Resolution Clinic Director, and ADR Program Associate Director. During this time, Brian taught negotiation and mediation courses, including the 1L required Contract Negotiation course. Brian also coached our Negotiation team as they achieved a 2nd place national finish, our Mediation Team to an international competition win, and our Representation in Mediation Competition team to a regional title. A mediator and mediation trainer, Brian has trained thousands of mediators in court, community, business, and criminal justice contexts.

Brian serves as the CLE Officer on the board of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution and also on the advisory board of the Mindfulness in Law Society. Previously Brian served on the board of the National Association for Community Mediation and on the governing council of the State Bar of Michigan's ADR Section. Brian's research focuses on the dynamics impacting formal and informal dispute mechanisms, from campus sexual misconduct to the interrelationship between mediation and arbitration. Brian's next project examines the impact of his work training Michigan prison inmates as peer mediators. His writings have been published in the Harvard Negotiation Law Review, Denver Law Review, and Tulsa Law Review.