Gerald Baldasty, Professor Emeritus, and UW Provost and Executive Vice President Emeritus, has focused his publications and teaching primarily in media economics, media organizations; media and politics, and media, gender and ethnicity. He is also taught courses in career development for students (both graduate and undergraduate) and he has developed a program to enhance leadership skills for faculty, staff and administrators in higher education.
Publications include:
- Vigilante Newspapers: A Tale of Sex, Religion & Murder in the Northwest (University of Washington Press, 2005).
- W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers (University of Illinois Press, 1999).
- The Commercialization of News in the Nineteenth Century (University of Wisconsin Press, 1992)
- “The Press and the African-American Community: The Role of the Northwest Enterprise in the 1930s,” Pacific Historical Quarterly, 94:1 (Winter 2002/3), 14-26, with Mark LaPointe.
- “Race, Advertising and Prime-Time Television,” Howard Journal of Communication 14:3 (2003), 97-112, with Jennifer Jacobs Henderson.
- “Market Structure and the American Newspaper Industry: The Scripps Newspaper Company, 1880-1912,” Proceedings of the European Business History Association, 2002 (Oslo).
- “Connecting the Dots: Linking Academic Passion to Life and Profession.” Provost Report Series: Trends and Issues Facing Higher Education, University of Washington, May 2015, with Marisa Nickle.
- “Connecting the Dots: Helping Students Link Academics and Careers.” Provost Report Series: Trends and Issues Facing Higher Education, University of Washington, January 2015, with Marisa Nickle.
Awards
Recipient, UW Distinguished Teaching Award, 2000.