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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2025
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Timberly L. Baker

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Associate Professor

Also affiliated: Indiana University Bloomington (2012); Indiana University (2014)

Faculty Researcher

5 h-index 18 pubs 933 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Timberly L. Baker's research focuses on race, education, and historical context within the American South. She has published work examining the socio-historical and contemporary aspects of Black home education, particularly within the Black Belt region. Baker's scholarship also investigates counter-movements to "whiteness" in teacher education and the activation of activism within doctoral education programs, connecting research with community engagement. Her work includes systematic reviews of scholarship on race in rural educational contexts, analyzing trends since 2001. Baker's publications explore themes of identity, educational justice, and parental rights within specific cultural and historical settings. Her scholarly output includes 18 publications with 853 citations and an h-index of 5.

Metrics

  • h-index: 5
  • Publications: 18
  • Citations: 933

Selected Publications

  • Cheryl Fields-Smith. (2025). <i>Creating Educational Justice: Learning from Black Home Educators</i> (2025)
    Journal of School Choice 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Socio-Historical and Contemporary Context of Black Home Education within the Black Belt of the American South (2024)
    Journal of School Choice 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • A Systematic Review of Research on Race in Rural Educational scholarship since 2001 (2023)
    The rural educator 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Whiteness Owns it, Blackness Defines it (2021)
    Theory & Practice in Rural Education 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Activating activism within the EdD: Connecting DiP Research and the community (2021)
    Impacting Education Journal on Transforming Professional Practice 3 citations DOI OpenAlex

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