Tyson Slocum currently serves as a Professor at the Honors College of the University of Maryland since January 2010 and is the Director of Public Citizen's Energy Program, a position held since November 2000. Previously, Tyson Slocum worked as a Policy Analyst for Citizens for Tax Justice from 1997 to 2000. Tyson Slocum earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from The University of Texas at Austin, completing the degree between 1991 and 1996.