Christopher Ewing graduated with a B.A. from Vassar College and a Ph.D. in History from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His research takes a transnational approach to LGBTQ+ politics and he is currently working on a project that examines the development of hate crimes activism between Australia, Europe, and the United States.
He is the author of The Color of Desire: The Queer Politics of Race in the Federal Republic of Germany.