Christopher Blanchard
Boise, ID
- Chief Executive Officer
- at Pronetos, Inc.
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Education
- Bachelor's Degree, Boise State University Honors College 2003-2005
- Master's Degree, Boise State University 2005-2008
Jobs
- Chief Executive Officer at Pronetos, Inc. from January 2007 to Present
Vitae
About
CEO, freelance writer, web developer, wanna be sommelier (like THE Chris Blanchard), and digital historian.
Contact
Boise State University
Center for Idaho History and Politics
1910 University Dr.
Boise, ID 83725
208.392.8726
Current Research
*Launched a new line of research into the development of Idaho's Wine Country following the designation of 5.6 million acres in Idaho as the Snake River Valley AVA.
*Recently finished master's thesis on FSA photographers in Idaho, 1936-1942. Am currently morphing the thesis into a digital archive using the Center for History and New Media's open source gallery software, Omeka.
*Advising on a set of interpretive panels for a series of WPA murals in Idaho's Ada County Courthouse.

Subject Expertise
*U.S. History
*Urban History (planning history; urban planning)
*Environmental History
Courses Taught
*Urban History
*Web development for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Publications
Articles
Blanchard, Chris, et.al. "The Consequences of Residential Infill Development on Existing Neighborhoods in the Treasure Valley: A Report and its Conclusions." Urban Land Institute and Idaho Smart Growth, 2008.
Blanchard, Chris. & Huff, D. March 2006. “Shadow Welfare II: Tax Expenditures and Corporate Welfare in the States.” Social Policy Journal 4 (3/4).
Journal Editorship
Production Editor, May 2008-Present, Idaho Yesterdays, the official journal of the Idaho State Historical Society.
Associate Editor, September 2004 – December 2006, Idaho Issues Online, a public affairs journal published by the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs at Boise State University, ISSN#1553-9148
Selected General Interest Publications
Profile: Idaho River Sports owner Jo Cassin. Boise Journal, June 2007.
Profile: Photographer Glenn Oakley. Boise Journal, March 2007.
Idaho's Influence in the White House, Part One. Idaho Statesman, Dec. 6, 2005.
Idaho's Influence in the White House, Part Two. Idaho Statesman, Dec. 13, 2005.
Holding onto History: The Courthouse Murals. Boise Journal, Summer 2005.
Blogs
Pronetos
Organizations
Outside Interests
Food and wine junky, cooking, anything that hints at adventure, and I cannot stop listening to the first six Van Halen records . . .
Outside of campus:
A little more casual: posing in a cotton field in Georgia, 2006.
On Pronetos
Member of these Pronetos disciplines
- Urban History
- Rural/Local Entrepreneurship
- Pronetos Founders
- Urban Planning
- Environmental History
- Art History
- Economics
- History
- Library Science
Has recently posted these articles
- Glenn Oakley Profile for the Boise Journal
- Jo Cassin Profile for Boise Journal
- Idaho's Influence in the White House, Part Two
- Idaho's Influence in the White House, Part One
- Idaho Wine Country: A Devil's Bargain?
- Tax Expenditures: The Impact to State and Local Governments
- Urban Infill
- Happy 21, Boise Hole!
- Upcoming workshop
- The Courthouse Murals: Holding on to History
- The New Urbanism and the Environment: Green Solutions to Urban Sprawl
- This Urban Idaho
- From Depression to War: The FSA Photographers and Idaho’s Landscape, 1936-1942