Christine entered social work and academia after a full career as a Military Spouse. She has earned degrees in Psychology (Bachelor of Science), Human Services Counseling, Military Resilience (Master of Arts), and Social Work (Master of Social Work). She uses her macro skills in the ongoing program evaluation of a local child welfare agency and her micro skills in a community counseling practice. As an adjunct faculty member of the University of Texas at Arlington, she has taught 2 BSW courses and 9 MSW courses. She has also developed and taught Military-Connected Families, a course in the Military Social Work Graduate Certificate and the Military, Veteran, and Family Care Graduate Certificate at the University of Texas at Arlington. Her research centers on the well-being of military-connected families, with an emphasis on violence prevention and intervention. She is on the research and development team for VET SAVR (Veteran Suicide Assessment, Virtual Reality), a training simulator to prepare pre-professionals and other stakeholders with the skills necessary to assess and intervene with rural Veterans showing signs of suicidality. She published the first literature synthesis of military-connected spouse abuse survivor narratives. She has been recognized by the Institute for Military and Veteran Family Wellness (Dell Medical School and Steve Hicks School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin) as an expert in U.S. Department of Defense policy related to domestic and intimate partner abuse. Her dissertation examines United States military policies on domestic violence and abuse.