Kelly J. Baker

Kelly J. Baker
BornAugust 1980 (1980-08) (age 43)
Marianna, Florida, US
Alma mater

Kelly Jeanette Baker (born August 1980) is an American writer.

Early life and education[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Baker resides in Marianna, Florida with her husband and three cats,[1] As of 2019.[6]

Selected works[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Baker, Kelly J. (2017). Gospel According to the Klan: The KKK's Appeal to Protestant America, 1915-1930. University Press of Kansas. ISBN 9780700624478.[7]
  • Baker, Kelly J. (2017). Grace Period: A Memoir in Pieces. Blue Crow Publishing, LLC. ISBN 9781947834040.[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.
  • Baker, Kelly J. (2020). The Zombies Are Coming: The Realities of the Zombie Apocalypse in American Culture (Revised and Expanded ed.). Blue Crow Books. ISBN 978-1947834491.
  • Baker, Kelly J. (2020). Final Girl: And Other Essays on Grief, Trauma, and Mental Illness. Blue Crow Books. ISBN 9781947834514.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Baker, Kelly Jeanette (2003). "Henry Ossawa Tanner: Race, Religion, and Visual Mysticism". Florida State University Libraries.
  2. ^ a b c "Kelly J. Baker Public CV". Google Docs. Retrieved 2019-02-12 – via http://www.kellyjbaker.com/about/. {{cite web}}: External link in |via= (help)
  3. ^ "New Blog Editor: Evangelical Novels and Civil Rights Nuns".
  4. ^ "DuBois: American Prophet".
  5. ^ a b c Perry, David M. (24 April 2018). "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 Gospel According to the Klan:
  8. ^ Reviews of Grace Period:
  9. ^ Boon, Sarah (27 July 2018). "Time to Take Sexism in Post-Secondary Education Seriously". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2019-02-11.

External links[edit]

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