Faculty - Travis Baker
Address:
Travis Baker
Lecturer I 5725 East Annex, Room 217
Orono, Maine 04469-5752
U.S.A.
Office Telephone: (207) 581-3824
E-mail: travis.baker@umit.maine.edu
Office Hours
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 10-11am and 1:00-2:00pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00am-1:00pm
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