Charles Nicholas Saenz

Charles Nicholas Saenz, Ph.D., currently serves as the Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs and Accreditation Liaison Officer at Adams State University since August 2013. Saenz has held various roles at the university, including Department Chair, Acting/Interim Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs, Professor of History, Special Assistant to the President, Associate Professor of History, and Assistant Professor of History. Prior experience includes being a UC President's Humanities Research Institute Dissertation Year Fellow at UC San Diego from September 2007 to June 2013. Saenz also held the position of Associate-In and worked as a Summer Graduate Teaching Fellow at the Center for Teaching Development during this time, as well as serving as a Teaching Assistant and Reader at UC San Diego from September 2006 to June 2007. Academic credentials include a Doctor of Philosophy in Modern European History, a Master of Arts in History with a focus on Modern Europe, and an AB in History and Political Science from the University of Chicago.