Teaching
“Christopher is genuinely caring and interested in each of his students. The atmosphere he creates in his workshops extends trust, challenge, and sincerity. He blends humor with honesty, and each student feels he or she is essential to the success of the workshop.”
Christopher's guiding aim in the classroom is to cultivate curiosity and humility. Curiosity generates the "what ifs" from which stories are made; humility keeps the inquiry honest, even when a text or an idea is easy to dismiss. Across subjects—from creative writing to media studies to screenwriting—his goal is the same: help students sharpen their questions until they can teach themselves.
SUNY / TC3
2023Creative Writing Faculty, teaching undergraduate classes in screenwriting.
Writing Workshops Los Angeles
2016 – 2020Faculty, leading workshops in beginning and intermediate fiction.
Idyllwild Arts Academy
2017 – 2018Visiting Arts Faculty in Creative Writing, teaching flash fiction and writing for television.
University of California, Riverside
2017 – 2018Lecturer in the University Writing Program at UCR.
California State Summer School for the Arts (CSSSA)
2012 / 2016Faculty and Chair of Creative Writing, teaching fiction and screenwriting.