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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.

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 progra