Dr. Prudente grew up in the Lehigh Valley and attended a small Jesuit, liberal-arts university in Scranton, PA. After completing his doctorate at Lehigh University, he worked at a Benedictine, liberal-arts college in Latrobe, PA. His main areas of research interest are graph theory, mathematical games, and the statistical analysis of sports. He currently resides in the Lehigh Valley with his wife and two sons, Owen and Jack.