Christopher Paul joined Seattle University in 2008 after teaching for three years at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and receiving his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.  His teaching and scholarly work focus on applying tools rooted in rhetorical analysis to elements of new media, especially video games.  

Christopher published Wordplay and the Discourse of Video Games with Routledge in 2012.

He has published several pieces of research and commentary available online, including works in:

• Games and Culture (Link)
• The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (Link 1,Link 2)
• DiGRA (Link)
• International Journal of Role-Playing (Link) 
• First Monday (Link 1, Link 2)