Christopher Rziha holds bachelor’s degrees in theology, philosophy, and Spanish from Benedictine College. He completed a Master’s in Spanish Literature at Baylor University and is currently a PhD candidate of Spanish at the University of Notre Dame.
Christopher’s research interests include Baroque Spanish theater and religiosity. His dissertation will analyze the presence and role of the Eucharist in the writings of the Spanish mystics. He has also written on Catholicism and feminine identity in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, the influence of Pope Leo XIII on Rubén Darío, and the role of sacred images in the mystical vision of St. Teresa of Ávila. In addition, Christopher is the author of The Way of Lucherium (en Route Books and Media, 2025), an award-winning Catholic fantasy novel, and the translator of the critical volume Reviving the Eucharistic Drama: The Autos Sacramentales of José de Valdivielso (Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs, forthcoming 2026).
Christopher has taught introductory and intermediate-level Spanish courses at Baylor University and the University of Notre Dame. He is happily married and has two young sons.