Chris graduated from Coastal Carolina University in  2001, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. As an undergraduate he began his research career by taking a psychology course in applied research where he tested the effects of  ginkgo biloba on rats in maze performance tasks. In 2001 he presented his research at the Carolinas Psychology Conference at North Carolina State in  Raleigh, North Carolina.  In 2004 his research was published in Modern Psychological Studies, a psychological journal devoted exclusively   to publishing manuscripts by undergraduates. 

Following graduation, he started working at the Medical University of South Carolina’s Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs.  During his time there he    was involved in several studies aimed at establishing potential treatment agents for alcohol related problems.  These experiments determined the influence of   an agent on alcohol consumption and its effects on dopamine   neurotransmission, as well as the rewarding effects of alcohol and alcohol-conditioned cues. 

He is currently working towards his Master's Degree in Psychology at  UNCW.  This fall he was rewarded with a research assistantship and is  working on two grants.  The first deals with a series of studies to determine   why racial  minorities, especially African-Americans, enroll in experimental cancer  treatment trials at disproportionately low rates, with the ultimate aim of increasing participation.  The second grant involves a laboratory investigation   of interaction of personality variables and the cognitive effects of alcohol on young men’s judgments regarding sexual aggression.