Brian James Baer

Brian James Baer is Professor of Translation Studies at Kent State University. He is founding editor of the journal Translation and Interpreting Studies and co-editor of the Bloomsbury book series Literatures, Cultures, Translation and of the Routledge book series Translation Studies in Translation. His recent publications include the monographs Translation and the Making of Modern Russian Literature, Queer Theory and Translation Studies: Language, Politics, Desire, and Academic Translation, as well as the collected volumes Translation in Russian Contexts, with Susanna Witt, Queering Translation, Translating the Queer, with Klaus Kaindl, Teaching Literature in Translation, with Michelle Woods, and Translation and Diaspora, with Nike Pokorn. His recent translations include Culture, Memory and History: Essays in Cultural Semiotics, by Juri Lotman, Introduction to Translation Theory, by Andrei Fedorov, and Red Crosses by Sasha Filipenko. Dr. Baer is the recipient of a President’s Excellence Award in 2017 and an  Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award in 2025. He is the current president of the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association. ORCID: 0000-0002-5238-0258