Academics
Meet the Faculty
W. David Baird
Dean Emeritus of Seaver College
Howard A. White Professor of History
Division: Humanities/Teacher Education Division
Office: Thornton Administrative Center (TAC) 318
Phone: (310) 506-4280
E-mail: david.baird@pepperdine.edu
- Ph.D., History, University of Oklahoma, 1969
- M.A., History, University of Oklahoma, 1965
- B.A., History, University of Central Oklahoma, 1961
- A.A., General Studies, George Washington University, 1959
Courses:
- Introduction to Research
- Historiography
- Senior Thesis
- Native Americans
Key Awards/Affiliations:
- President, Western History Association, 1988-1989, 1989
- President, Phi Alpha Theta, 1989-1991, 1991
- Who's Who in America, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1992
- Selected (with Danney Goble) for the Oklahoma History Book of theYear, Oklahoma Historical Society, 1995, 1995
- Fulbright Lecturer, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1991, 1991
- Over 11 grants from the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office
- Officer in American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch
Academic Interests:
- Churches of Christ in Oklahoma
- History of Oklahoma
- History of the American West
- Native Americans
Selected Works:
- The Story of Oklahoma. With Danney Goble. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994., 1994
- A Creek Warrior for the Confederacy: The Autobiography of Chief G. W. Grayson. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1988., 1988
- The Quapaw Indians: A History of the Downstream People, University of Oklahoma Press, 1980., 1980
- The Osage People. Phoenix: Indian Tribal Series, 1972., 1872
- The Chickasaw People. Phoenix: Indian Tribal Series, 1975., 1975
- The Choctaw People. Phoenix: Indian Tribal Series, 1972., 1972
- Peter Pitchlynn: Chief of the Choctaws. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972. (Reprinted with a new, expanded intro. in 1986.), 1986
- Medical Education in Arkansas, 1879-1978. Memphis State University Press, 1979., 1979
