Aaron Baker

Experience and Interests

Teaching

• Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations, UW-Stevens Point (2022-present)
• Adjunct Faculty, University of Toledo (2019-21)
• Adjunct Faculty, Lourdes University (2015-2018)
• University School of Nashville, Seventh Grade English; Freshman English; American Literature; Journalism (1997-2002)

Presentations and Publications

Presentations

• Baker, A. (2022). A multilevel analysis of White preservice teacher racial identity development with teacher preparation programs. A paper presented at American Educational Studies Association (AESA).
• Baker, A. (2021, October). Ridding our practices of potential harm: Using racial identity development to create inclusive campus spaces. A Workshop for Wright State University faculty and staff, Virtual Workshop. https://youtu.be/FkpcRNHyHYM
• Baker, A.(2021,April). Unpacking racial bias. A Workshop for University of Toledo Student Affairs faculty and staff, Virtual Workshop.
• Kumar, R., Baker, A., Berhan, L. (2021, April). Subjective culture and possible selves: How predominantly White institutions impact Black engineering students’ career pathways. American Educational Research Association (AERA).
• Scott, Q. And Baker, A. (2021, March). Critically conscious antiracist leadership: Tools for authentic campus transformations. National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), Virtual Conference.

Publications

• Baker, A.A. (2022). Climates for preparing culturally responsive educators: A multilevel approach for understanding relationships between teacher preparation programs’ racial climates and white preservice teacher’s racial identity development (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Toledo, Ohio. https://etdadmin.ohiolink.edu/
• Baker, A.A. (2020). Book Review: Isaac Gottesman’s The Critical Turn in Education: From Marxist Critique to Poststructuralist Feminism to Critical Theories of Race. Intersections: Critical Issues in Education, 4(1), 52-54
• Baker, A.A. (2020, August 19). Critical self-reflection: Tools for unpacking seen, unseen, and unforeseen racial biases. The Sojourner’s Truth, p. 8.
• Kumar, R., Baker, A., Berhan, L. (2020). Socio-cultural influences on motivation: How African American engineering students select pathways out of the engineering workforce. A paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.
• Baker, A. A. & Williams, S. M. (2007). Adolescent perceptions of diversity within educational and social settings: Implications of race and social class. Annuals of the Next Generation, 1(1), 3-21.

Involvement

Professional Memberships

• American Educational Research Association
• American Educational Studies Association
• National Association for Multicultural Education
• NASPA- Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
• American Psychological Association

Fun Facts

Last book you read?

Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom, by bell hooks was the last non-fiction book that I read and, Kindred, by Octavia Butler was the last fiction book that I read. I’m usually in the middle of a couple of books at a time.

Best advice you ever received?

Surround yourself with good, critical friends.

What did you want to be when you were growing up?

A teacher!

Favorite Quote?

“If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” – Toni Morrison

What do you enjoy most about teaching?

I love interacting with diverse groups of students with varied experiences and world views. They inspire me to learn and grow, and when I’m teaching well, I know that I’m doing the same for them.