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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

  • University Faculty Fellowship Award, UHCL, 2024-2025
  • “Going to 11” Award, UHCL Center for Faculty Development, UHCL, 2022 2025
  • 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