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Aaron Baker

Assistant Professor
Office
DEG Degarmo Hall 331
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Selected Research

Current Courses

EAF 523.003 Critical Historical Foundations of Education

EAF 439.001 Leading School Improvement Planning

EAF 228.005 Social Foundations Of Education

EAF 438.002 Building Community Engagement Through Collaboration

EAF 591.001 Carnegie Project for Education Doctorate (CPED) Capstone Experience

PhD Educational Theory & Social Foundations (Educational Sociology)

University of Toledo

MBA Executive M.B.A., Business Administration

University of Toledo, College of Business and Innovation

Bachelor of Arts English

University of Toledo

Advanced Leadership Award

University of Toledo
2020

Honor Society Induction

University of Toledo
2019

Fellowship Awardee

Appalachian Education Lab (US Department of Education)
2005

Book Review

Book Review: Isaac Gottesman's The Critical Turn in Education: From Marxist Critique to Poststructuralist Feminism to Critical Theories of Race
Aaron Baker
(2020)

Book, Chapter

Book Chapter: The Power of Story: How Personal Narratives show us what Teachers can do to Fight Racism.
Aaron Baker
(2006)
Chapter 3: Closing the Achievement Gap in Alabama. In A+ Education Foundation Alabama
Aaron Baker
(2004)
“What’s Black and Queer and Read All Over
Aaron Baker & S. Gavin Weiser

Journal Article

Teaching Teachers to Stand Up: Fostering Moral Reasoning and Courage through Neo-Abolitionist Pedagogies in Multicultural Education
Aaron Baker &
(2025)
White racial profiling: A quantitative analysis of white preservice teachers’ preparation to disrupt whiteness.
Aaron Baker
(2025)
Adolescent perceptions of diversity within educational and social settings: Implications of race and social class.
Aaron Baker
(2007)

Newspaper, Article

Critical self-reflection: Tools for unpacking seen, unseen, and unforeseen racial biases
Aaron Baker
(2020)

Technical Report

Capital High Academy for Ninth Graders Exceeding Standards: Description and Evaluation of the 2004-2005 Implementation
Aaron Baker
(2005)
Maximizing the achievement of African American children in Kanawha County, WV (MAACK): Assessing Laboratory Support of a Community Initiative.
Aaron Baker
(2005)

Presentations

Cultivating Courageous Educators: Elevating Moral Reasoning in Teacher Education
Aaron Baker
AESA, Albuquerque, NM, November, 2025
Unmasking Whiteness: Anti-Racist Strategies for Teacher Education
Aaron Baker
AESA, Albuquerque, NM., November, 2025
Profiling White Preservice Teachers: A Racial Identity Analysis of Preparedness to Dismantle Whiteness in Education
Aaron Baker
AERA, Denver, CO., April, 2025
Profiling White Preservice Teachers: A Racial Identity Analysis of Preparedness to Dismantle Whiteness.
Aaron Baker
AESA, Greenville, SC., November, 2024
White Racial Profiling: An Analysis of White Preservice Teachers Preparation to Disrupt Whiteness
Aaron Baker
AERA, Denver, CO, April, 2024
Cultural Costs too High? An Analysis of White Preservice Teachers’ Motivation in Multicultural Education Classes.
Aaron Baker
AESA, Louisville,KY., November, 2023
Culturally Responsive Teaching as Distributive Justice.
Aaron Baker
Peace and Justice Studies Association Conference, Ames, IA., October, 2023
A multilevel analysis of White preservice teacher racial identity development with teacher preparation programs
Aaron Baker
AESA, Pittsburgh, PA., November, 2022
Ridding our practices of potential harm: Using racial identity development to create inclusive campus spaces.
Aaron Baker
Wright State University, Virtual Workshop, October, 2021
Subjective culture and possible selves: How predominantly White institutions impact Black engineering students’ career pathways.
Aaron Baker
AERA, online, April, 2021
Unpacking racial bias.
Aaron Baker
University of Toledo Student Affairs, Virtual Workshop., April, 2021
Critically conscious antiracist leadership: Tools for authentic campus transformations.
Aaron Baker
BGSU, Bowling Green, OH, March, 2021