Sheila Baker, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, School Library and Information Science,
College of Education
Contact number: 281-283-3515
Email: bakers@uhcl.edu
Office: Bayou Suite 1321
Biography
Sheila F. Baker is a 30-year veteran teacher and school librarian and has been certified
by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Her research interests
include school librarian preparation, teacher-librarian collaboration, children’s
literature, and the promotion of cultural advocacy in K-12 settings.
Publications
Selected Publications
- Baker, S. F., & Shulsky, D. (2023). Curating, community, collaboration: The incidental outcomes of one library collection development lesson. Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 23(3).
- Baker, S. & Shulsky, D. (2023). Developing dispositions of dialogue: Cultivating young learners as compassionate and critical citizens. Educational Leadership.
- Shulsky, D., Baker, S., & Lastrapes (2023). Making sense of the message: The perceptions and impact of state legislation that challenges the teaching of hard history. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue. 25(1).
- Watson, S., & Baker, S. (2021). Elementary school library collections: A content analysis of science trade books. Reading Horizons, Article 4.
- McDonald, D., Baker, S. F., Shulsky, D. (2021). Against the professorial odds: Barriers as building blocks for educational advancement. Journal of Advanced Academics, 32(1), 92-131.
- Baker, S. F., Decman, J., & Willis, J. (2020). Talk or walk: School principals and shared instructional leadership. School Leadership Review, 15(1), 17.
- Baker, S. F., & Shulsky, D. (2020). Planting the seeds of perspective consciousness: Creating resource sets to inspire compassionate global citizens. International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 12(1), 4-20. https://doi.org/10.14324/IJDEGL.12.1.02
- Baker, S. F., Decman, J., & Willis, J. (2020). Talk or walk: School principals and shared instructional leadership. School Leadership Review, 15(1), Article 17.
- Shulsky, D., Baker, S., Chvala, T., & Willis, J. (2017). Cultivating layered literacies: Developing the global child to become tomorrow’s global citizen. International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 9(1), 49-63. https://doi.org/10.18546/IJDEGL.9.1.05.
- Baker, S. F. (2016). From teacher to school librarian leader and instructional partner: A proposed transformation framework for educators of pre-service school librarians. School Libraries Worldwide, 22(1), 143-159.
Courses (Current Academic Year)
- SLIS 5012
- SLIS 5533
- SLIS 6338
- SLIS 6430
Research Projects
- Servant leadership
- Access to LGBTQ literature in school libraries
- Teacher-librarian collaboration
- Cultural perspectives
Awards and Accomplishments
- “Going to 11” Award, UHCL Center for Faculty Development, UHCL, 2022
- Highly Attended Conference Presentation Award (300+ attendees), National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2022
- Scholarship to Improve Higher Education Award for the work, Against the Professorial Odds: Barriers as Building Blocks for Educational Advancement (McDonald, Baker, & Shulsky, 2021), 2022
- Ted Booker Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Teacher Education, Texas Association of Teacher Educators, 2021
- Service Award, Consortium of State Organizations for Texas Teacher Education, 2021
- Exceptional Online Course Development Award, UHCL, 2016
- Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Course Recognition, UHCL, 2015