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Faculty Research Profiles: Lorenzo Baber

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Assistant Professor

Education Policy, Organization and Leadership

365 Education Building

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Champaign, IL 61820USA

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Ph.D., Higher Education, Cognate: Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, 2007
M. Ed., Higher Education, Concentration: Student Personnel Administration, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2000
B.A., English, Minor: African American Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1995

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Organization & Leadership, University of Illinois, 2007-2008
Assistant Director, Student Development Center, George Washington University, 2002-2003
Community Director, Office of Housing and Residential life, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, 2000-2002
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Organization & Leadership, University of Illinois, 2008---

Editorial Board, Journal of Negro Education, 2008- present

Member, NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 2008- present

Editorial Board Member, Higher Education in Review, 2007- present

Member, American Educational Research Association - Division J: Higher Education, 2006- present

Member, Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2006- present

Member, American Sociological Association, 2006- present

Member, American College Personnel Association, 1999- present

Baber, L.D. (In Press) Between two worlds: Postsecondary experiences of African American male students from immigrant families. In R.T. Palmer and J.L. Wood: Black Men in College. New York: Routledge Press.
Baber, L.D. (In Press). A Qualitative Inquiry on the Multidimensional Racial Development among First-Year African American College Students attending a Predominately White Institution. Journal of Negro Education.
Baber, L.D., Pifer, M.J., Colbeck, C., & Furman, T. (2010). Increasing diversity in the Geosciences by elevating students' self-efficacy. Journal of Geoscience Education, 58 (2), 32-42.
Baber, L. D. (2010). Beyond structural diversity: Centrality of campus place in shaping experiences of African American students at predominately white institutions. In T. E. Dancy II, Managing diversity: (Re)Visioning equity on college campuses (pp. 221-242). New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.
Baber, L. D., & Lindsay, B. (2008). Ralph Bunche’s early vision of education: Applying knowledge to social engagement. In B. Lindsay (Ed.), Ralph Johnson Bunche: Influencing public intellectualism and diplomacy. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press.