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Vaughan B. Baker Professor,
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Vaughan B.
Baker is Professor of History and Humanities in the Department of
History and Geography at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She
combines a specialization in Modern European history with particular interests
in nineteenth and twentieth century French and British history with research
and publications in Louisiana History and a strong interdisciplinary background
and academic experience. She has been an Associate of the Center for Louisiana
Studies since 1972 and served as Director of its Women in Louisiana
Division from 1978 to 1981. She also served as Director of the university's
Interdisciplinary Humanities Program from 1985 to 1991. She served
as 2000-2001 President of the Louisiana Historical Association and was
a member of the Board of Directors of the Louisiana Endowment for the
Humanities, the state-based division of the National Endowment for the
Humanities, for seven years. She has published in the fields of European
history and in Louisiana studies with a particular emphasis on gender
issues in early Louisiana development
Baker was a major architect of the Public History Program in the Department
of History at UL Lafayette and has been a long-time participant in developing
and implementing public programming through the Center for Louisiana Studies.
In working with the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, she gained
invaluable experience in developing effective humanities initiatives with
and for the state’s multiethnic communities. She has assisted in
planning, organizing and coordinating programs, workshops, short-courses,
academic courses and research projects connected with Louisiana’s
cultural and ethnic heritage and has worked with graduate students and
research associates to explore new avenues of research in Louisiana subjects,
particularly those related to ethnicity and gender. As a active member
and a major officer of the Louisiana Historical Association she is familiar
with the historical landmarks, sites, archival collections, major museum
facilities and ethnic and cultural communities connected with the state's
history. She has worked with individuals in state institutions of various
kinds to develop topically focused and jointly sponsored academic conferences
and/or public programming to enhance knowledge of Louisiana society and
culture.
Baker co-authored two textbooks on twentieth-century European history
widely used in colleges, universities and independent secondary schools
throughout the United States that remained in print for twenty years.
Among her other recent publications are Why Hitler? with Amos E.
Simpson and Sarah C. Neitzel (Kendall-Hunt, 2000); Visions and
Revisions: Perspectives on Louisiana Society and Culture, Louisiana
Purchase Bicentennial Series, 2000; Louisiana Gothic: Recollections
of the 1930s, with Glenn R. Conrad (1984, 1993); with Jean T. Kreamer,
Louisiana Tapestry: Ethnicity in St. Landry Parish, published with
a grant from the U.S. Dept. of Education, 1983. These selected publications
demonstrate her ability to produce both edited and authored works supportive
of enhanced development of academic topics. Some resulted from externally
funded programs and public conferences involving the types of activities
that have shaped this university's role in furthering Louisiana studies.
Baker has served as consultant on several film projects connected with
Louisiana subjects (one of them an award-winning nationally broadcast
American Playhouse Production).
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