Professor James Basker has taught at Harvard, Cambridge, and for the past 31 years at Barnard College, Columbia University, where he is Richard Gilder Professor of Literary History. After receiving his B.A. from Harvard, Jim completed his doctorate at Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, and has founded, directed, and taught summer programs and teacher seminars at Oxford for more than 30 years. In addition to directing the program at Oxford, Jim offers plenary talks and private tours of the university and city of Oxford.