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Andy Baker, MA

Geography Lecturer
MA, Ohio University, Geography, 2005
PhD Candidate, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Dissertation: Automobile Races and the Marketing of Places: IndyCar Series Race Circuits in North American Cities


Research Interests


Urban and Regional Geography Mega-events
Place Marketing
Geography of Sport, Tourism, and Recreation
Geography of Motorsport
Globalization of Sport
Popular Cultural Geography
Geography of North America
Geographic Education


Current Research Projects


Place marketing strategies of municipal governments, businesses, and civic leaders in selected North American cities using motorsport events to stimulate economic development


Teaching


G107: Physical Systems of the Environment
G108: Physical Systems of the Environment Lab
G110: Introduction to Human Geography


Contact Information


Office:  Cavanaugh Hall 213-B
Phone: (317) 274-8867
Fax: (317) 278-5220
Email: bakeran@iupui.edu