Dr. James Baird

Dr. James Baird (Ph. D. University of Washington, 1967; M.A. Harvard University, 1963; B.A. University of Texas at Austin, 1962) specializes in American Literature after 1870 and Playing the Jackanapes.

Dr. Baird teaches classes in the Short Story, American Novel, American Literature after 1865, Afro-American Literature, the Lyrics of Bob Dylan, The Blues, Carlos Castaneda, Popular Culture, Novels into Film, American Realism, American Environmental Writers, and the California Transcendentalists.
Dr. Baird is a member of the Board of Directors of the Robinson Jeffers Association and has published his work in
Jeffers Studies.

Office: Language Building, Room 409J
Phone: 940.565.2173
Email: jbaird@unt.edu