John-Robert has extensive experience in education, training and in anti-bullying efforts. He is an expert in alternative dispute resolution and teaches restorative justice, mediation, ethics, and civility, He is a founding member of the 4Civility Institute, in the U.S. and in Ireland. 4Civility Institute a not-for-profit organization that provides training, software systems, restorative justice and Behavioral Transition/Transformation Practice solutions to schools, businesses and organizations. 4Civility Ireland works with other European partners on European Commission grants. He is also the founder of and the Chief Executive Officer of Connected Learning Network, an education-based company, which has provided online services to over 120 schools, colleges, businesses and organizations worldwide. John-Robert is also known for his work in public television, as an Emmy award winning producer and station president. Additionally, he is a faculty Member of Indiana University and the University of Louisville. He teaches mediation, conflict management, restorative justice, and business courses. He is the author of "An Exploratory Study of Existing State Anti-Bullying Statutes" (2016) Lambert Academic Press, and a contributing author to a two-volume set, "Workplace Bullying and Mobbing" ABC-CLIO, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (2018). In the late Summer of 2020 Old Stone Press, Louisville, KY released a collection of his poetry, "On Civility: Restorative Reflections, which was a finalist in the Spirituality category for Indie Books. A second book in the Civility series, "On Civility: More Restorative Reflections was released in July 2023, again by Old Stone Books. He began writing as an undergraduate at Syracuse University and had the great good fortune to be in Syracuse University's poetry writing program and study with Donald Justice, Philip Booth, and W.D. Snodgrass. He describes himself as a 'serial social entrepreneur with and over-commitment addiction".