About Me
Meet Chris!
Chris is a baseball historian and writer whose work examines the game as a reflection of local history, civic life, and broader social forces. His research focuses on how baseball has functioned as a community institution, shaping and reflecting questions of power, inequality, and identity over time.
He approaches baseball history with the belief that the sport offers an unusually rich archive for understanding American social and political life. His historical perspective is informed by extensive experience in public policy and social justice advocacy, which allows him to situate baseball within the real-world institutions that have shaped the game and the communities around it.
Chris’s professional record has been built over more than a decade of public service and research. His experience includes serving as an intern in the mayor’s office in his hometown of Rowland, North Carolina; working as a research assistant at the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University; and serving as Policy Director of the National Indian Health Board. These roles provided him with direct involvement in policy development and implementation at the state, local, Tribal, and federal levels. His research has been cited by the Harvard Law and Policy Review, the Congressional Research Service, and the California State Bar, and his writing has appeared in publications ranging from The Robesonian in Robeson County, North Carolina, to The Daily Yonder, a national rural publication, and The Washington Post.
He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, where he earned a double major in Native American Studies and Social Policy. He holds a Juris Doctor from Michigan State University and a Master of Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His writing appears in multiple publications, including baseball history outlets, and he has presented his research at conferences such as the American Bar Association’s Equal Justice Conference. He is also a past president of the Dartmouth Native American Alumni Association.
Chris is a citizen of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.