PITTSBURG, Kan. — An associate professor of history who last month was given the Outstanding Faculty Award by students has been named the new chair of the Department of History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences at Pittsburg State. Christopher Childers will assume the new role on June 1, taking over for interim Jamie Oliver, chair of the Art Department, who stepped in to lead the department last year after the departure of the previous chair. “I am honored to become the next chair,” Childers said.