Aaron Baker
Assistant Professor
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- 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
Research Interests & Areas
Aaron A. Baker is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Foundations at Illinois State University. His research interests focus on moral and racial identity development in teacher preparation; particularly how preservice teachers learn to confront and disrupt whiteness in educational contexts. Aaron also examines culturally responsive teaching and the cultivation of moral courage through neo-abolitionist pedagogies, alongside broader faculty engagement with diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education.
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), Intersections: Critical Issues in Education, 4(1), 52-54
Book, Chapter
Book Chapter: The Power of Story: How Personal Narratives show us what Teachers can do to Fight Racism.
Aaron Baker.
(2006), Race, Ethnicity, and Education, Volume 3, 147-166. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, Inc.
Chapter 3: Closing the Achievement Gap in Alabama. In A+ Education Foundation Alabama
Aaron Baker.
(2004), In A+ Education Foundation Alabama (Ed.) Alabama Policy Primer: A Guide to Understanding K-12 Schools. Montgomery, Alabama: A+ Education Foundation.
“What’s Black and Queer and Read All Over
Aaron Baker, S. Gavin Weiser.
Case Studies for Student Development Theory. Routledge.
Journal Article
Teaching Teachers to Stand Up: Fostering Moral Reasoning and Courage through Neo-Abolitionist Pedagogies in Multicultural Education
Aaron Baker, .
Journal of Multicultural Affairs, 10(2)., (2025)
White racial profiling: A quantitative analysis of white preservice teachers’ preparation to disrupt whiteness.
Aaron Baker.
Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/15505170.2025.2481100, (2025)
Adolescent perceptions of diversity within educational and social settings: Implications of race and social class.
Aaron Baker.
Annuals of the Next Generation, 1(1), 3-21., (2007)
Newspaper, Article
Critical self-reflection: Tools for unpacking seen, unseen, and unforeseen racial biases
Aaron Baker.
The Sojourner’s Truth, p. 8., (2020)
Technical Report
Capital High Academy for Ninth Graders Exceeding Standards: Description and Evaluation of the 2004-2005 Implementation
Aaron Baker.
A report prepared for the Appalachian Educational Laboratory., (2005)
Maximizing the achievement of African American children in Kanawha County, WV (MAACK): Assessing Laboratory Support of a Community Initiative.
Aaron Baker.
A report prepared for the Appalachian Educational Laboratory., (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