Christopher received both his B.A. (History, Telecommunications & Film) and his M.A. (Early American Studies) at the University of West Florida. Chris primarily researches the history of the Muscogee Confederacy or the Muscogee Nation and their relationships to British Florida, Spanish Florida, and the emerging United States. His dissertation explores Muscogee history during the American Revolution and the ten years following its conventional end-date in 1783.