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William Douglas Baker
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| Associate Professor |
PhD, UC Santa Barbara, 2001
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603P Pray-Harrold Ypsilanti, MI 48197
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734.487.0150
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douglas.baker@emich.edu
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| Biography:
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After eleven years of teaching high school English in central California, I returned to graduate school to learn more about teaching and learning and how to prepare teachers for the classroom. I arrived at Michigan in 2001 to begin my career at EMU, and I’ve learned to appreciate the hand as a map, the passing of winter (although snow fall can be peaceful and beautiful), and the many running trails in the area.
As an English educator I live within a variety of academic worlds, the disciplines that constitute the English department (e.g., Linguistics, Literature, and Writing) and academic courses and services offered by the College of Education. I mainly teach courses that focus in some way on writing and instructional methods for secondary school teachers and students. I love teaching at EMU and often work with students beyond the classroom to help them develop as classroom teachers and leaders in education.
Locally, I coordinate accreditation demands of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) for the English department in conjunction with the College of Education. I co-direct the Eastern Michigan Writing Project (EMWP), presently as an administrative director of Inkstains, young writers’ camps for middle and high school students. I co-edit Language Arts Journal of Michigan, sponsored by Michigan Council of Teachers of English (MCTE), and I currently serve as treasurer of Language and Social Processes, a special interest group of American Educational Research Association (AERA).
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| Introduction to Children’s Literature |
| Issues of Teaching Writing (F 2007) |
| Language, Style and Technology |
| Literacy and Written Instruction |
| Research in Theory and Practice in Writing (W 2008) |
| Teaching English in Secondary Schools |
| Topic In Assessing Writing |
| Writing for Writing Teachers |
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Recent Publications: |
Baker, W. Douglas and Judith L. Green. “A Microethnographic Approach to Exploring Positioning Theory as Educational Action.” In C. Brock, M. McVee & J. Glazier, Eds. Positioning Theory. Forthcoming.
Baker, W. Douglas, Judith L. Green, and Audra Skukauskaite. “Video-enabled Ethnographic Research: A Mircroethnographic Perspective.” In Geoffrey Walford, Ed. How Do You Do Educational Ethnography. Forthcoming, Tufnell Press (London).
Baker, W. Douglas and Judith L. Green. “Limits to Certainty in Interpreting Video Data: Interactional Ethnography and Disciplinary Knowledge.” Pedagogies, v. 2 (3), July 2007.
Baker, W. Douglas. “English Language Arts, Basketball and Poetry Collide.” English Journal, v. 96 (5), pp. 37-41. May 2007.
Baker, W. Douglas & Jonathan Bush. “Teachers as Activists: Advocating for Their Practices and Students.” Language Arts Journal of Michigan. August 2006.
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