Barry Vann

Barry A. Vann is a Professor of Historical Geography and the Dean of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Colorado Christian University. He is the author of Rediscovering the South's Celtic Heritage; In Search of Ulster-Scots Land: The Birth and Geotheological Imaginings of a Transatlantic People; and (with Ellsworth Huntington) Geography Toward History: Studies in the Mediterranean Basin and Mesopotamia; Puritan Islam: The Geoexpansion of the Muslim World; and The Forces of Nature: Our Quest to Conquer the Planet. His Climate Change in History: A Geotheological Perspective will be available soon.

Professor Vann has been a guest on a number of radio and television shows, including BBC Scotland; a BBC documentary with Neil Oliver, Fox News Channel's "Spirited Debate" with Lauren Green; "Science Fantastic" with Professor Michio Kaku; "Ecotopia", "the Mancow Experience", and "Tennessee Life" with Stephanie Aldrich. His writings have appeared in the Huffington Post; the Journal of Transatlantic Studies; the Journal of American History; Geography of Religions and Belief Systems; the Journal of Historical Sociology; Human Resource Development Quarterly; and SBS Journal of Applied Business Research. He enjoys speaking on a range of historical and geographic topics and is an avid golfer and cyclist.

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