Prior to coming to Utah State University, Christopher taught at Jackson State University, a Historically Black College and University in Jackson, Mississippi. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Ohio University in photography in 2003 and a Bachelors of Arts degree from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL in 1997. Christopher is an actively exhibiting artist. His photography can be found in the permanent collections of the Mississippi Museum of Art; Webster University, The Netherlands; Koltsovo Airport, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation and in private collections nationally and internationally.