Christopher Chambers is a professor of media studies at Georgetown University.
A Washington, D.C., native, he attended high school in Baltimore, before coming to Princeton. He earned a law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review. Chambers has worked for the U.S. Department of Justice, and helped organize the Charlotte Observer’s first digital journalism desk.
A best-selling author, he received honorable mentions in the 2006 and 2018 PEN/Malamud Awards for his short stories “Leviathan” and “The Psalm of Bo.” He has written three novels, one essay collection, two fiction anthologies and an African American pulp-retro series. Chambers is a regular political/media/culture contributor to SiriusXM radio, NPR, ABC News, China CGNTV, RT America.