Chris Bairn
8710 Boxelder Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
(719)360-1590
Education
2009-2011Department of History, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Master of Arts
Major areas of study: Early Christianity, Islam in India and Twentieth Century Europe
2007-2009Department of History, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Bachelor of Arts
Summa cum Laude and With Highest Distinction
2005-2007Department of History, Pikes Peak Community College, Associate of Arts
Summa cum Laude
2003-2005Department of Paralegal Studies, Pikes Peak Community College, Associate of Applied Sciences
Professional Experience
2014-PresentCommittee Member, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), Pikes Peak Community College
2011-PresentLecturer of History, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
2011-PresentAdjunct Professor of History, Pikes Peak Community College
2010Teaching Assistant (TA), University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Professional Development
2012-2015 Semi-annual History Symposium, Pikes Peak Community College
2015 Implementing the Flipped Classroom, Pikes Peak Community College
2014 Gateway Program and Student Success and Retention Conference, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
2013 & 2014 Reacting to the Past conference at Barnard College, Columbia University
2013 Game Developers’ Conference, Pikes Peak Community College
Publications Submitted
Received a grant to write and develop Regensburg: Implementation of the Dictates of the Fourth Lateran Councilfrom the Colorado Immersive Grant: Reacting to the Past, 2013-2014
Presentations at Meetings and Seminars
“…And the Horse You Rode In On: Sex, Death and Power in Justinian’s Byzantium.” Paper presented at the Southwestern Historical Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 16 – 19, 2011.
Courses Taught
Undergraduate, Upper Division
HIST 3200: The Crusades
Fall, 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2013
HIST3000: A Real Game of Thrones: The Plantagenet Kings of England
Spring 2015
Undergraduate, Lower Division
GPS1010: Gateway Seminar
Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014
HIST 1000: Introduction to Historical Writing
Fall 2013
HIST 1020: The Medieval World
Summer 2016, Summer 2015, Fall 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2011
HIST 1030: The Rise of Modern Europe
Spring 2016, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Spring 2012
HIS 102: Western Civilization 1650-Present
Fall 2013 (2 sections), Summer 2013, Spring 2013 (2 sections), Fall 2012
HIS 112: The World 1500-Present
Fall 2016 (2 sections), Spring 2015 (2 sections), Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011
HIS 122: US History Reconstruction to Present
Spring 2016 (2 sections)
HIS 247: Twentieth Century World
Spring 2015, Fall 2014 (2 sections), Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011
HUM 122: Humanities Medieval to Early Modern
Fall 2016, Fall 2015
Academic Positions
2013Co-Chair, 2014 Rocky Mountain Consortium of Reacting to the Past Game Test Conference
2013 Editorial Board Member, Rocky Mountain Consortium of Reacting to the Past
2011 to CurrentFaculty Co-Adviser, UCCS Historical Engineering Society