Lee d baker biography definition
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Lee D. Baker
American anthropologist
Lee D. Baker is an American cultural anthropologist, author, and Duke University faculty member.
He is the Mrs. A. Hehmeyer Professor of Cultural Anthropology, African & African-American Studies, and Sociology.
Lee d baker biography definition
He served as Duke's Dean of Academic Affairs and Associate Vice Provost from 2008 to 2016.[1] He taught at Columbia University from 1997 to 2000.[2] Baker has authored two books and more than sixty academic articles, reviews, and chapters related to cultural anthropology, among other fields.[2]
His Early life and education
Baker was born in San Diego, California, and was raised in Corvallis, Oregon.[3] In his teen years, Baker began to "study and learn about the black experience" as he grappled with his own sense of racial identity.
Portland at the time was a site of crack cocaine addiction and gang violence, particularly prevalent in the black community. During an exchange program in A