Aaron Baker
Biography
Aaron Baker's research and teaching focus on American film and television. In 2021 he published a revised edition of his collection of essays, A Companion to Martin Scorsese (Wiley Blackwell), and a monograph entitled The Baseball Film: A Cultural and Transmedia History (Rutgers University Press).
Research Interests
Film and Television, Sports and Media
Publications
- Aaron Baker, The Baseball Film. A Cultural and Transmedia History. (Rutgers University Press. 2021).
- Aaron Baker. "Hollywood Baseball Films: Nostalgic White Masculinity or the National Pastime?" Quarterly Review of Film and Video, (February, 2021).
- Aaron Baker. A Companion to Martin Scorsese (2014, revised edition 2021).
- Aaron Baker. “Global Cinema and Contagion” Film Quarterly (Spring 2013).
- Aaron Baker. Steven Soderbergh. (2011).
- Aaron Baker. "Remade by Steven Soderbergh". The Philosophy of Steven Soderbergh (2011).
- Aaron Baker. "Robert De Niro: Star as Actor Auteur". Acting for America: Movie Stars of the 1980s (2010).
- Aaron Baker. Goal! and the Global Sports Film. Sport in Society (2008).
- Aaron Baker. "1930". American Cinema of the 1930s: Themes and Variations (2007).
- Aaron Baker. "Midtown Jewish Masculinity in Body and Soul". The City That Never Sleeps (2007).
Courses
| Summer 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FMS 598 | Special Topics |
| Spring 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FMS 360 | Media Genres |
| FMS 504 | Film Analysis |
| Fall 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FMS 340 | Contemp Amer Film/Pop Culture |
| FMS 468 | Crime & Violence American Film |
| Spring 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FMS 504 | Film Analysis |
| Fall 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FMS 340 | Contemp Amer Film/Pop Culture |
| WWS 567 | World War II in Film |
| Spring 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FMS 504 | Film Analysis |
| HST 590 | Reading and Conference |
| FMS 598 | Special Topics |
| Summer 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FMS 100 | Introduction to Film |
| Spring 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FMS 598 | Special Topics |
| Fall 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FMS 340 | Contemp Amer Film/Pop Culture |
| Summer 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FMS 100 | Introduction to Film |
| FMS 507 | Crime & Violence American Film |
| Spring 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| FMS 340 | Contemp Amer Film/Pop Culture |
| FMS 504 | Film Analysis |
| Fall 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| ENG 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| FMS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| ENG 493 | Honors Thesis |
| FMS 493 | Honors Thesis |
| ENG 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| FMS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| ENG 584 | Internship |
| ENG 590 | Reading and Conference |
| LIN 590 | Reading and Conference |
| FMS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| LIN 592 | Research |
| ENG 592 | Research |
| LIN 593 | Applied Project |
| FMS 593 | Applied Project |
| ENG 593 | Applied Project |
| LIN 595 | Continuing Registration |
| ENG 595 | Continuing Registration |
| LIN 599 | Thesis |
| ENG 599 | Thesis |
| ENG 784 | Internship |
| APL 784 | Internship |
| APL 790 | Reading and Conference |
| ENG 790 | Reading and Conference |
| LIN 790 | Reading and Conference |
| LIN 792 | Research |
| ENG 792 | Research |
| APL 792 | Research |
| LIN 795 | Continuing Registration |
| APL 795 | Continuing Registration |
| ENG 795 | Continuing Registration |
| LIN 799 | Dissertation |
| APL 799 | Dissertation |
| ENG 799 | Dissertation |
Presentations
- Aaron Baker The Catcher Was a Guy. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference. (March 2019)
- Aaron Baker. "Intersectionality in Venus Vs." The American Studies Association Conference. (Oct. 2016).
- Aaron Baker. "Screening Jackie Robinson." The American Studies Association Conference. (Oct. 2015)
- Aaron Baker, "The Real Rocky. Television Documentary and the American Dream." The Italian American Studies Conference. The University of Toronoto. (Oct. 2014).
- Aaron Baker, "Contagion, Fractal Narrative and Global Cinema." Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference (Mar. 2013).
- Aaron Baker. "Masculinity, Race and Violence On Any Given Sunday." Invited Presentation, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (Nov 2012).
- Aaron Baker. "Steven Soderbergh: Authorship, Independent and Hybrid Cinema." Invited Presentation, Dept. of English, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea (Mar 2010).
- Aaron Baker. "Antonioni, Soderbergh and The Color of Money". Society for Film and Media Studies Annual Conference, Los Angeles (Mar 2010).
- Aaron Baker. "Italian American Masculinity, Violence and Football in Any Given Sunday." Film and History Conference (Nov 2008).
- Aaron Baker. "Goal! and The Global Sports Film." Association for Cultural Studies (Jul .2008).
- Aaron Baker. "Nuovomondo and the Immigration Debate." Society of Film and Media Studies (Mar. 2008).
Service
- Director, Film and Media Studies Program (Spring 2021)
- Editor for Screening Sports book series at the University of Illinois Press. (2018-present)
- Interim Chair, Department of English (2016-17)
- DIrector, Film and Media Studies Program (2011-2016)
- Editor for Sports, Media and Society book series at the University of Nebraska Press (2014-present)
- FMS Faculty Advisor, ASU Barrett Honors College (2006 - Present)
- Reviewer, Communication and Sport (2015)
- Board Member, ASU Institute for Humanities Research (2014)
- Grant Board Member, Arizona Humanities Council Grant Committee (2009-2010)
- Reviewer, Cinema Journal (2007)
- Reviewer, Oxford University Press (2006)