Faculty - Dr. William J. Baker
Professor of History, Emeritus
207-581-1911
315B Stevens Hall
E-mail: william.baker@umit.maine.edu
Education
B.A. Furman University, B.D. Southeastern Seminary, Ph.D. Cambridge University.
Major fields:
Modern British History and Sports History. Also teaches European history introductory survey.
Representative publications (books):
- Beyond Port and Prejudice: Charles Lloyd of Oxford, 1784-1829 (1981)
- Sports in the Western World (1982, 1988)
- Jesse Owens: An American Life (1986)
- If Christ Came to the Olympics (2000)
Work in Progress:
- “Playing with God: How Religious Folk Learned to Love Modern Sport”