Emerson "Tad" Baker II (born 18 May 1958) is a historical archaeologist and professor of history at Salem State University.
Baker was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in 1958 and attended Applewild School and Phillips Academy.
[2] In 1986, he received his Ph.D. in history (with a dissertation on failed Anglo-Indian relations in early Maine) from the College of William & Mary under the guidance of James Axtell.
[2] From 1988 to 1994, Baker served as executive director of the York Institute Museum and Dyer Library.
"[2] He has also served as an expert witness for archaeological matters in several court cases in Nova Scotia and Maine.