Education: BS, California Institute of Technology, 1978; MBA, Stanford University, 1981; MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary, 2001; PhD, University of St. Andrews (Scotland), 2010. At SPU 2004-2022. Emeritus since 2022.
Bruce Baker’s teaching and writing explores technology, culture, business, and ethics through a theological lens. As an ordained Presbyterian minister, and former business executive, Bruce brings a rare combination of experience to his role in the university. As a startup company co-founder (Four Pi Systems Corp.), he earned five patents for inventions in X-ray physics, software, and computer vision. When Hewlett-Packard bought his company in 1992, he joined Microsoft as the general manager of a new business unit to develop mobile computing devices. He left Microsoft to attend seminary in 1996, and was ordained to pastoral ministry at University Presbyterian Church in ɬÀï·¬ in 2001. He served also as executive pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Bellevue. He joined the SPU faculty in 2010.
Dr. Baker teaches a variety of ethics, spirituality, and management courses at SPU. His current research focuses on ethical and spiritual issues related to AI. He also serves on the boards of , , and Reconciliation Ministries, which he founded to support Palestinian-Israeli peace-making efforts. Dr. Baker earned degrees at the California Institute of Technology, Stanford Business School, Fuller Theological Seminary, and the University of St. Andrews, Scotland (Ph.D. in Theology).
Selected Publications
- Baker, B. (2019). "" SPU Works. 140.
- Baker, Bruce, and Tom Parks. (2019). "The Gleaner's Edge: The Modern-Day Power of an Old Testament Practice to Transform How We Do Business (Cover Story)." Christianity Today July/August 2019: 28-34.
- Baker, B. (2018). Gleaning as a Transformational Business Model for Solidarity with the Poor and Marginalized, in Poverty, Injustice, and Inequality as Challenges for Christian Humanism, ed. Martin Schlag, and Daniela Ortiz. Berlin: Duncker and Humblot, 96-115.
- Baker, B. (2016). Free Markets with Caritas: A Transformational Concept of Efficiency, in Free Markets with Solidarity and Sustainability, ed. Martin Schlag, and J. Mercado. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 92-112.
- Baker, B. (2015). Entrepreneurship as a Sign of Common Grace, Journal of Markets & Morality 18(1): 81-98.
- Wong, K., Baker, B. and Franz, R. (2015). Reimagining Business Education as Formation, Christian Scholar’s Review, 45(1): 5-24