
Andy Baker, MA
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
G108: Physical Systems of the Environment Lab
G110: Introduction to Human Geography
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