Kelly J. Baker

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Kelly J. Baker
BornAugust 1980 (1980-08) (age 44)
Marianna, Florida, US
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Kelly Jeanette Baker (born August 1980) is an American writer.

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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 and five cats.[ citation needed ]

Selected works

Books

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References

  1. Baker, Kelly Jeanette (2003). Henry Ossawa Tanner: Race, Religion, and Visual Mysticism (MA thesis). Florida State University.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kelly J. Baker Public CV". Google Docs. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. "New Blog Editor: Evangelical Novels and Civil Rights Nuns".
  4. "DuBois: American Prophet".
  5. 1 2 3 Perry, David M. (April 24, 2018). "Sexism Is a Feature of the System". Pacific Standard. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
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  8. Boon, Sarah (July 27, 2018). "Time to Take Sexism in Post-Secondary Education Seriously". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved February 11, 2019.

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