Background
Baker, Harold Dean was born on November 23, 1954 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harold Dean and Helen Frances (Ballou) Baker.
foreign language educator and researcher
Baker, Harold Dean was born on November 23, 1954 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Harold Dean and Helen Frances (Ballou) Baker.
Bachelor in English, Hobart College, 1976. Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, Brown University, 1985. Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature, Brown University, 1988.
Teacher French and English Providence (Rhode Island) Country Day, 1976-1980. Teacher English University Dijon, France, 1983-1984. Associate director Cooperative Russian Language Program Council for International Education Exchange, Leningrad, Russia, 1985-1986.
Visiting instructor English Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, 1987-1988. Visiting assistant professor Russian Oberlin (Ohio) College, 1988-1989. Assistant professor Russian University California, Irvine, since 1989.
Member Modern Language Association, American Association Teachers Slavic.
Married Deborah Janet Petch, June 1976 (divorced 1983). Married Marianna Olegovna Zhutovskaia, August 24, 1987. 1 child, Anna Helen.