Uchenna Baker, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Dr. Baker has over 20 years of professional experience in Higher Education and teaching experience at both the undergraduate and graduate level. In her multiple leadership roles, Dr. Baker has launched learning community programs within residential environments, actively partnered with faculty members, facilitated departmental organization improvements, and strengthened student leadership in residential settings. Dr. Baker earned an M.Ed. in counseling psychology and a B.A. in English and sociology, both from Rutgers University. She completed her PhD in educational policy with a focus on urban education through a joint program of Rutgers University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Her dissertation research was titled “An Ontological and Phenomenological Model of Leadership: Igniting Individual and Collective Transformation and Catalyzing Educational Reform.” She was the 2016 recipient of the Illinois Qualitative Dissertation Award presented by the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Baker has presented her award-winning research at national and international conferences, through self-led Higher Education workshops, and at invited talks and classroom presentations. Dr. Baker is deeply passionate about social justice and access, especially within the context of Higher Education. Her scholarly publications mainly focus on the role of ontological inquiry in exploring methods for engaging university administrators, faculty and students in such a way that they are transformed and empowered to see themselves as change-agents within and beyond the classroom.

Listed skills include Residence Life, Student Development, Student Affairs, Higher Education, and 21 others.