He previously served as an Associate Professor of Teacher Education at Utah Valley State College. Dr. Bahr is active in the NCTM and the Utah Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, where he was president in 2002. He has an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instructional Science (Evaluation, Measurement, and Research Emphasis), an M.Ed. in Elementary Education from Utah State University, and a B.S. in Elementary Education (Mathematics Minor) from Brigham Young University.