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A Little About Me...

I’m currently an Associate Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at University of California, Merced. 

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I grew up in Southern California.  After graduating from UCLA with a BA in Sociology, I attended UC Irvine, where I completed my MA and PhD in Sociology. My scholarship and teaching focus on the intersection of race and gender, with an emphasis on Black feminist theory and film/media.   I’m the author of Black Women Directors (Rutgers University Press,  Quick Takes: Movies & Popular Culture series) Contemporary Black Women Filmmakers and the Art of Resistance (The Ohio State University Press, Black Performance and Cultural Criticism series) and the edited collection Kasi Lemmons: Interviews (University Press of Mississippi).

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Black Women Directors 
(Quick Takes: Movies & Popular Culture)

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Contemporary Black Women Filmmakers and the Art of Resistance

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Kasi Lemmons: Interviews

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Articles & Essays

Baker, Christina N. 2021. Embracing Black Feminist Joy and Pleasure in Communication Studies, Women's Studies in Communication, 44:4, 459-462.  DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2021.1987813

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Baker, Christina N. 2021.  Revisiting Audre Lorde’s Uses of the Erotic through Contemporary Film, Women's Studies in Communication, 44:4, 470-476, DOI: 10.1080/07491409.2021.1987824

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Baker, Christina N. 2021.  "Liberation and Learning from the 60s in One Night in Miami." Flow: A Critical Forum on Media and Culture.

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Baker, Christina N. 2021. “It Feels Right to Me”:  Epiphanies, Erotic Power, and Eve’s Bayou.  Flow: A Critical Forum on Media and Culture.

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Baker, Christina N. 2020. "Rap Is Not a Luxury in The Forty-Year-Old Version."  Flow: A Critical Forum on Media and Culture.

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Baker, Christina N. 2020.  "Liberation, Love, and Time Travel."  Film Quarterly Quorum.

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Baker, Christina N. 2019. “Beyoncé’s Homecoming and the power of Black women filmmakers.” Women’s Media Center.


Baker, Christina N.  2019. “Julie Dash” in Independent Female Filmmakers: A Chronicle through Interviews, Profiles, and Manifestos.  Routledge.


Baker, Christina N. 2016. "Gender and Sexuality in Advertising" in Nancy A. Naples, ed. Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.


Baker, Christina N.  2015. “Gender Differences in the Experiences of African American College Students: The Effects of Co-ethnic Support and Campus Diversity.”  Women, Gender, & Families of Color.  3(1): 36-57.


Baker, Christina N. 2013.  “Social Support and Success in Higher Education: The Influence of On-campus Support on African American and Latino College Students.”  The Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education. 45 (5): 632-650.


Baker, Christina and Belinda Robnett.  2012. “Race, Social Support and College Student Retention: A Case Study.”  Journal of College Student Development. 53(2): 325-335.


Baker, Christina N.  2008. “Under-represented College Students and Extracurricular Involvement: The Effects of Various Student Organizations on Academic Performance.”  Social Psychology of Education.  11(3): 273-298.


Baker, Christina N.  2005. “Images of Women’s Sexuality in Advertisements: A Content Analysis of Black- and White- oriented Men’s and Women’s Magazines.”  Sex Roles: A Journal of Research. 52: 13-27.

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cbaker26 [at] ucmerced [dot] edu

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