Tim Keirn

Educated at UCLA and the London School of Economics, Tim Keirn is an emeritus faculty member in the Department of History and the College of Education at CSULB. His areas of peer-reviewed publication include eighteenth-century British colonial and economic history, and history education. Publications include British Encounters with India; “History Curriculum, Standards, and Assessment Policies and Politics: U.S. Experiences” in the International Handbook of History Learning and Teaching; and the co-authored article “Subject Matter Counts: Historical Thinking and the Pre-Service History Teacher,” that won the American Historical Association’s Gilbert Prize (2014). Tim has been awarded grants relating to secondary teacher preparation from the NEH, the U.S. and California Departments of Education, and the Ahmanson, Freeman, and Hewlett Foundations. He was Chief Reader for AP World History (2014-2019) and a trustee of The College Board (2019-2023). He currently is on the board of the OER Project for World History funded by the Gates Foundation.