Sean received his B.S. degree in wildlife biology from the University of Montana and his M.S. in wildlife ecology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His M.S research quantified the response of snowshoe hares to climate change at the southern edge of their range.

In 2020 he received his PhD from Michigan State University where he researched biodiversity responses to alternative forest management practices in the Pacific Northwest. His research interests focus on applying quantitative techniques to understand how mammal communities respond to gradients in natural and anthropogenic factors, and applying this information for effective conservation.

​Currently, his work uses different field survey techniques to study the ecology and conservation of large mammal species in Nevada.