Matthew Baker
He/Him/His
FULL-TIME FacultyAssociate Professor
Communication
Phone: 801.832.2818
Email: mbaker@westminsteru.edu
Office Location: Foster Hall 404
Office Hours: MTWTh 12:00–1:30 p.m.
Degrees:
Ph.D. University of Utah
M.A. Univ of Minnesota Tech College
B.A. Brigham Young University
About
Dr. Matt Baker is an associate professor in the communication department at Westminster
University. He loves working with student media and advising The Forum, the college’s
independent student news outlet that produces print, online, video and audio content.
Matt teaches media writing, public relations, and environmental communication. His
environmental communication classes have traveled to national parks and other public
lands across the state. He has also traveled with students to Cambodia, Morocco, Spain,
and Colombia.
Matt earned his PhD from the University of Utah, his M.A. from the University of Minnesota,
his B.A. from Brigham Young University, and his A.A. from Snow College.
Interests
environmental journalism, journalism history, student media, public relations
