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Kelly J. Baker
BornAugust 1980 (1980-08) (age 44)
Marianna, Florida, US
Education

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

Early life and education

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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

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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] She co-hosts the podcast Pod Only Knows, which "invite[s] other people from the wide and wild world of religious studies to talk to them about why and how they do what they do and why their work matters to us all."[6]

Personal life

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Baker resides in Marianna, Florida with her husband and five cats.[citation needed]

Selected works

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Books

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Baker, Kelly Jeanette (2003). Henry Ossawa Tanner: Race, Religion, and Visual Mysticism (MA thesis). Florida State University.
  2. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c Perry, David M. (April 24, 2018). "Sexism Is a Feature of the System". Pacific Standard. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  6. ^ Kelly J. Baker and John Brooks. "Pod Only Knows" (Podcast).
  7. ^ Reviews of Gospel According to the Klan:
  8. ^ Reviews of Grace Period:
  9. ^ 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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