Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, 2004; Head of the Department of English, 1999-2004; Professor of English, 1995; Associate Professor with tenure of English, 1980; Assistant Professor of English, 1975. Tenured Alumni Teaching Excellence Award, 1995-96. Dr. Baker’s interests include medieval literature, especially Julian of Norwich and the Middle English Mystics, and Langland’s Piers Plowman.