
In 2005, his research took him to Sinte Gleska University on the Rosebud Reservation to work with Native American male students enrolled at the tribal college. Steven has previously been invited by the American Indian Graduate Center in Albuquerque, NM to be a reader for the Gates Millennium Scholarship, which he performed for three years and still considers to be one of his greatest honors.
Steven received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from the University of Oklahoma and his Masters in Higher Education from South Dakota State University. He hopes to pursue a PhD in the near future at the University of Idaho.