GARY L. BAKER
Professor of German
EDUCATION
1989 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
PhD
1983 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
MA
1979 Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA.
BA
EXPERIENCE
Professor of German, Denison University - (August 2000 – present)
Associate Professor of German, Denison University - (August 1995 - 2000)
Assistant Professor of German, Denison University - (August 1989 - 1995)
Teaching Assistant in German and Dutch, University of Minnesota – (September 1983 - June 1989)
Research Assistant, College of Education, University of Minnesota – (October 1988 - June 1989).
Instructor of English, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GDR – (September - December 1986).
Research Assistant, Western European Area Studies, University of Minnesota – (Summer 1986).
Instructor of German, Juniata College – (March - May 1983)
SERVICE TO THE COLLEGE AND THE PROFESSION
---President’s Advisory Board (2016-2019)
---Reader and reviewer for Publications of the Modern Language Association, The German Quarterly, Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies and Camden House publishing Co.
---President’s Advisory Board (2016-present)
---Global Commerce Committee (2015-present)
---Core Student Learning Assessment Committee (2012-2015)
---University Council, Chairperson (2012-2015)
---Finance Committee, Vice Chair (2011-2012)
---Reaccreditation Committee (2007-2009)
---Director, International Studies Program (2004-2007)
---Oral Communication Committee (2005 – 2006)
---Assessment Committee (2002-2010)
---Chairperson, Department of Modern Languages (1999- Fall 2002)
--- Member of General Education task force. (2001-2002)
---Student Enrollment and Retention Committee, Vice President (1999-2001)
---Organizer Faculty Luncheon (spring 1998)
---Chair of the faculty (1998-1999)
---Ohio Five Steering Committee (1998-1999)
---Vice Chair of the Faculty (1997-1998)
---Representative Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges (1995-1996)
---Selections and Elections Committee (1994-1996)
--- Member of General Education task force (summer 1992)
---Scholarship Committee (post-Denison scholarships) (1992-2003)
---International Studies Committee (1992-present)
---Negotiated and maintain an exchange agreement between Denison University and the Justus-Liebig-Universität in Giessen, Germany (1990-present)
---Advisor to German Club and German Fellows (1989-present)
---Alumni College June, 1990. "Beyond the Wall: East Germany and the Reunification Question."
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS
---Notre Dame Berlin Seminar: Der Literaturbetrieb Key Players in Germany’s Literary Institutions, June 16-27, 2019.
---Faculty College on Mobility, College of Wooster, May 20-23, 2018.
---German Course “Business-Etikette und Interkulturelles Seminar” Sprachinstitut Treffpunkt, May 2015, Bamberg, Germany
---Participant “Österreich QUERschnitt: von Ost nach West June 6 - July 14, 2013, Vienna, Graz and Inssbruck, Austria.
---Participant in AATG “Seminar: Neuer Blick, Neue Stimmen: Interkulturelles Leben und Wirken” Berlin June 28 – July 12, 2009.
---Participant in three Council on International Educational Exchange seminars: “Identity, Community, and Culture in Contemporary Turkey” June-17-28, 2008; “Challenges of “New Europe” within the EU: The Central European Perspective” June 13-23, 2006 and “South Africa: New Directions in Nation-Building” University of Western Cape and University of Pretoria (June 6-16, 1999).
---“Berlin Literature Seminar” June 25-30, 2007 and June 26-30, 2011
---“Faculty Seminar on Immigration” IES Paris and Berlin June 2004.
---“DEFA and Eastern European Cinemas” East German Summer Film Institute, University of Massachusetts July 2003.
---“Teaching and Learning with Technology in the Humanities” Midwest Instructional Technology Center, Lawrence University June 2003.
---“Dozentenfortbildung “Wirtschaftsdeutsch” Heinrich Heine Universität, Düsseldorf, July 2000
---Fisher College of Business “Teaching the Business and Professional Student” June 2000 and October 2003
---Truman and Marshall Scholarships: ‘Breaking the Code’ University of Arkansas July 30-August 1, 1999.
---American Association of Teachers of German seminar “Allgemeine Landeskunde Österreichs” in Vienna and Graz, July 1998.
---School of Criticism and Theory: “Posthistoricism” with Walter Benn Michaels, Cornell University, June-July 1997
---Andrew W. Mellon Workshop: "Technology in Language Education," Middlebury College (July 1995)
---American Association of Teachers of German seminar "Literatur nach der Wende," Universität Leipzig, July 1994
---Fulbright Summer Seminar in German Studies, June-July 1993
---Participant American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Seminar in Portland, OR for Oral Proficiency Interview training, June 1988.
---Goethe Institute in Chicago - Awarded scholarship to attend a seminar on Teaching Assistant Training in Seattle, WA, Sept 1984.
AWARDS
---Suhrkamp Verlag Stipend award for February 2020
---William G. Bowen Faculty Fellowship Award for Spring 2020
---Charles A. Brickman Teaching Excellence Award 2018
---Charles and Nancy Brickman Distinguished Leadership Chair 2017-2020
---William G. Bowen Distinguished Professor (2007-2013)
---R. C. Good Fellowship (2010-2011)
---Fulbright stipend awarded for Seminar in German Studies in Bonn, Rostock, and Berlin (June-July 1993)
---Scholarship from the Dutch Ministry of Education to attend Dutch course in Breukelen/Nijenrode (July 17 - August 5, 1989).
---Research scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (Feb. - April 1987).
---Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year. College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota. (June 1986)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Association of Teachers of German (AATG)
German Studies Association (GSA)
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Uwe Johnson Gesellschaft
Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS)