Travis Baker

Department of English

University of Maine

Address:

Travis Baker
Adjunct Professor of English
5752 Neville Hall, Room 211
Orono, Maine 04469-5752
U.S.A.

Office Telephone: (207) 581-3812

E-mail: travis.baker@umit.maine.edu

***Office Hours for Spring 2009: Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays from 12:00 to 1:00.***

Education

University of Maine, M.A.-English, Creative Writing Concentration, 2006.
New York University, B.A.-Creative Writing, Summa Cum Laude, 2004

Courses Taught

ENG 101: College Composition

Publications

Books

Clara: an Elsewhere, a novella, MAMMOTH Books, DuBois, PA, TBA.

Short Works

In Line with Another and the Next-Acacia Group Conference Journal, Cal State Fullerton, 2005.

Christmas Comes but Once a Year-Stolen Island Review, UMaine English Department, Orono, ME, 2005.

Ich Liebe Dich, Mi Amigo, Stolen Island Review, UMaine English Department, Orono, ME, 2006.

Web Work

Mentors-Learning Place Online, www.learningplaceonline.com, 2001.

TWIT-This Week in Theatre, weekly column, www.theatrewarehouse.com, 2000-04

Productions

Ich Liebe Dich, Mi Amigo-Seedlings Series, Theatricum Botanicum, Los Angeles, 2004.

God & Mr. Smith-Kaleidoscope Theatre Co. at the Mint, New York City, 2003.

The Weatherbox-Theatre Off Park, Rattlestick Productions, NYC, 1998.

Cold-New York Fringe Festival, The Present Company, NYC, 1997.

Summerset Over Field-Stages Theatre, Young Playwrights Festival, Houston, 1994.

Teaching

Adjunct Professor of English: University of Maine-Orono, Orono, Maine, Unity College, Unity Maine and Eastern Maine Community College, Bangor, Maine, 2006-07

Graduate Teaching Assistant (responsible for own section of ENG 101), University of Maine, Orono, 2004-06.

Honors

Berrilla Kerr Award for American Playwrights, Cold and The Weatherbox, 1998.

Edward Albee Foundation Fellowship, 1997.

Director’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Publications, University of Houston Daily Cougar, 2004.

Society of Professional Journalist’s Award for Editorial Cartoons in a Student Publication, 1994.

Selected Readings and Lectures

2005-Cal State Fullerton University
2005-University of Maine, Orono
2003-HERE Theatre, NYC

Member
          English Graduate Studies Association-President
        Alpha Sigma Lambda-National Honor Society for Continuing Education
        ACLU
        Orono Community Theatre
        Orono Land Trust

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