Robert Baird
- Age: 47
- Gender: Male
- Astrological Sign: Virgo
- Zodiac Year: Ox
- Industry: Education
- Occupation: Cinema Prof. & EdTech
- Location: Champaign : Illinois : United States
About Me
Born in Lawton, Oklahoma. Ran track and cross country in high school. Married my high school sweetheart; got a BA at Oklahoma State; lived in LA for 3 years and worked in the film industry (Canon Films), came back to Oklahoma State and got a Masters in Film Studies and English; came to Univ. of Illinois for Ph.D. in film studies, under Robert Carringer (Citizen Kane/Orson Welles expert), 2 kids, both still in high school, fell in love with soccer at 30 and play and coach now; don't have enough time to read books and spend too much time on computers.
Interests
- soccer
- guitar
- photography
- music
- bicycles
- natural history museums
- dinosaurs
- non-fiction
- cool restaurants and bars
- gardening
- hot peppers
- cooking
- ethnic food
- grilling
- travel
- psychology
- cognition
- college hoops
- the southwest landscape and food
- mountains and trees
- Australia
- where I've yet to travel
- the idea of evolution
- home beer brewing
- learning Spanish some day
