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