An Unlikely Scholar
Iraq War veteran and law professor Christopher Cooper’s
path to the academy has been anything but traditional.
By Cassie Chew
The only outward sign that Dr. Christopher Cooper is sick is a small round patch behind his right ear. It looks like a bandage you might put on after being nicked by a razor.
It isn’t.
The patch contains medicine that keeps Cooper from getting dizzy. The assistant professor of criminal justice at St. Xavier University, began experiencing dizziness and a host of other physical ailments two years ago, after sustaining injuries while serving in Iraq.
