Kelly J. Baker

Kelly Jeanette Baker (born August 1980) is an American writer. She is the editor of Women in Higher Education.

Kelly J. Baker
BornAugust 1980 (1980-08) (age 40)
Marianna, Florida, US
Alma mater

Early life and education

Baker was born in August 1980 in Marianna, Florida. She earned an Associate of Arts from Chipola College. Baker completed a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies at Florida State University (FSU). She earned a Master of Arts in American Religious History from FSU. Her 2003 master's thesis was titled Henry Ossawa Tanner: Race, Religion, and Visual Mysticism. Her advisor was John Corrigan.[1] She completed her Doctorate of Philosophy in American religious history at FSU in 2008.[2]

Career

As a graduate student, Baker began writing for a public audience as a contributing editor[3] at the nascent Religion in American History blog.[4][5] From 2007 to 2009, she was a lecturer at University of New Mexico and Central New Mexico Community College where she taught religious studies and humanities. From 2010 to 2013, Baker was a lecturer of religious studies and an affiliated faculty member of American and global studies at University of Tennessee. She began her career as a freelance writer in 2013.[2] In 2016, Baker started as the editor of Women in Higher Education.[5][2]

Baker is a commentator on higher education, sexism, and religion and its intersections to race, class, gender, and violence.[5]

Personal life

Baker resides in Marianna, Florida with her husband, Chris,[1] as of 2019.[6]

Selected works

Books
  • Baker, Kelly J. (2013). The Zombies Are Coming!: The Realities of the Zombie Apocalypse in American Culture. Rosetta Books. ISBN 9781625391179.
  • Baker, Kelly J. (2017). Grace Period: A Memoir in Pieces. Blue Crow Publishing, LLC. ISBN 9781947834040.[7]
  • Baker, Kelly J. (2017). Gospel According to the Klan: The KKK's Appeal to Protestant America, 1915-1930. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700624478.[8]
  • Baker, Kelly J. (2018). Sexism Ed: Essays on Gender and Labor in Academia. Raven Books. ISBN 9781947834224.[9]
  • Fruscione, Joseph; Baker, Kelly J. (2018). Succeeding Outside the Academy: Career Paths Beyond the Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEM. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700626885.

References
  1. Baker, Kelly Jeanette (2003). "Henry Ossawa Tanner: Race, Religion, and Visual Mysticism". Florida State University Libraries.
  2. "Kelly J. Baker Public CV". Google Docs. Retrieved 2019-02-12 – via http://www.kellyjbaker.com/about/.
  3. "New Blog Editor: Evangelical Novels and Civil Rights Nuns".
  4. "DuBois: American Prophet".
  5. Perry, David M. "Sexism Is a Feature of the System". Pacific Standard. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  6. Baker, Kelly J. "My Post-Academic Grace Period". ChronicleVitae. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  7. Reviews of Grace Period:
  8. Reviews of Gospel According to the Klan:
  9. Boon, Sarah. "Time to Take Sexism in Post-Secondary Education Seriously". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
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