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Benjamin Baez is an associate professor of higher education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Florida International University. He received his law degree in 1988 and his doctorate in higher education in 1997, both from Syracuse University. Baez’s teaching and research interests include the politics of education, diversity, social justice, faculty-employment issues (especially issues relating to faculty of color), and legal issues relating to education (especially those relating to race, class, and gender). |
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
College of Education
University Park, ZEB 364A
11200 S.W. 8th Street
Miami, FL 33199
(305) 348-3214 (W)
(305) 348-1515 (F)
Baezb@fiu.edu
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy
Higher Education Administration (1997)
Syracuse University
Dissertation: How Faculty of Color Construct the Promotion and Tenure Process
Master of Science
Higher Education Administration (1992)
Syracuse University
Juris Doctor (1988)
Syracuse University College of Law
Bachelor of Science (1985)
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor of Higher Education (January 2006 – Present)
Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Florida International University
Associate Professor of Higher Education (August 2003 – 2005)
Department of Educational Policy Studies
Georgia State University
Assistant Professor of Higher Education (September 1997 - May 2003)
Department of Educational Policy Studies
Georgia State University
Instructor of Higher Education (August 1996 - August 1997)
Higher Education Program
Syracuse University
Courses Taught
Advanced Seminar on the College Student (Research on the College Student)
Academic Program (Curriculum)
Administration in Higher Education
College and University Law/Law and Higher Education
Current Issues in Higher Education
Diversity in Higher Education: Special-Focus Institutions
Ethnographic Approaches to Educational Research I & II
Finance in Higher Education
Higher Education: Finance
Internship in Higher Education
Introduction to Higher Education
Legal Issues in Education (School Law)
Organization, Governance, and Policy in Higher Education (Organizational Theory)
Issues of Race, Class, and Gender in Education
Methods of Inquiry
Social and Cultural Foundations of Education
Politics of Higher Education
Public Policy in Higher Education
Seminar: The Idea of the University
Dissertations Directed
Geraldine F. Koch. (2008). Academic and Nonacademic Experiences That Affect First-Generation College Student Attrition. Miami: Florida International University.
Brian Fisher. (2007). Intercollegiate Athletics and College Rankings: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Athletic Success and the U.S. News & World Report College Rankings. Miami: Florida International University.
Rhonda Wilkins. (2005). Swimming Upstream: A Study of Black Males in the Academic Pipeline. Atlanta: Georgia State University.
Arzu Ari. (2005). A Study of Organizational Effectiveness: Identifying Variables that Predict Successful Respiratory Care Education Programs. Atlanta: Georgia State University.
Susan Sanner. (2004). The Experiences of Students with English as a Second Language in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program. Atlanta: Georgia State University.
Bruce Greenfield. (2003). Practitioner’s Reflections of Morality and Ethical Decision-Making In Physical Therapy. Atlanta: Georgia State University.
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Benjamin Baez and Deron R. Boyles. (In press).
The Politics of Inquiry: Education Research and the “Culture of Science.” State University of New York Press.
Jeffrey C. Sun and Benjamin Baez. Intellectual Property in the Information Age. (forthcoming). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Marybeth Gasman, Benjamin Baez, and Caroline Turner, Eds. (2008). Understanding Minority-Serving Institutions. State University of New York Press.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Affirmative Action, Hate Speech, and Tenure: Narratives About Race, Law, and the Academy. New York and London: RoutledgeFalmer
Benjamin Baez and John A. Centra. (1995). Tenure, Promotion and Reappointment: Legal and Administrative Implications. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Glenda Musoba and Benjamin Baez. (forthcoming). The Cultural Capital of “Cultural Capital.” In John Smart and William Tierney, eds., Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. Bronx: Agathon Press.
Benjamin Baez, Marybeth Gasman, and Caroline S. V. Turner. (2008). On Minority Institutions. In Marybeth Gasman, Benjamin Baez, and Caroline Turner, eds., Understanding Minority-Serving Institutions: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, pp. 3-17. New York: State University Press of New York Press.
Jennifer Esposito and Benjamin Baez. (2008). Queering the Body: The Politics of Gaydar. In Susan Schramm-Pate and Rhonda B. Jeffries, eds., Grappling with Diversity: Readings on Civil Rights Pedagogy and Critical Multiculturalism, pp. 117-131. New York: State University of New York Press.
Benjamin Baez. (2007). Thinking Critically about the “Critical”: Quantitative Research as Social Critique. In Frances K. Stage, ed., Using Quantitative Data to Answer Critical Questions. New Directions for Institutional Research, pp. 17-23. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Benjamin Baez. (2005). Private Knowledge, Public Domain: The Politics of Intellectual Property in Higher Education. In Deron R. Boyles, ed., Schools or Markets? Commercialization, Privatization, and School-Business Partnerships, pp. 119-148. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Benjamin Baez and Sheila Slaughter. (2001). Academic Freedom and Federal Courts in the 1990s: The Legitimation of the Conservative Entrepreneurial State. In John Smart and William Tierney, eds., Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, Vol. 16, pp. 73-118. Bronx: Agathon Press.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Refereed
Carolyn VanderSchee and Benjamin Baez. (forthcoming). AIDS Education in Schools: The “Unassembled” Youth as a Curricular Project. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education.
Benjamin Baez and Susan Talburt. (2008). Governing for Responsibility and With Love: Parents and Children Between Home and School. Educational Theory, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 25-43.
Benjamin Baez. (2006). Merit and Difference. Teachers College Record, Vol. 108, No. 6, pp. 996-1016.
Benjamin Baez. (2005). Schools and the Public Good: Privatization, Democracy, Freedom, and “Government.” JCT: Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 63-82.
Benjamin Baez. (2004). The Study of Diversity: The “Knowledge of Difference” and the Limits of Science. The Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 75, No. 3, pp. 285-306.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Confidentiality in Qualitative Research: Reflections on Secrets, Power, and Agency. Qualitative Research, Vol.2, No. 1, pp. 35-58.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Learning to Forget: Reflections on Identity and Language. Journal of Latinos and Education, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 123-132.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Confidentiality and Peer Review: The Paradox of Secrecy in Academe. The Review of Higher Education, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 163-183.
Benjamin Baez. (2001). Sex Harassment in Schools: The Politics of Law, Power, Sexuality, and Speech. Educational Theory, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 45-62.
Baez, B., and V. Darleen Opfer. (2000). Ideology and Educational Policy: An Analysis of the Religious Right. Educational Policy, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 582-599.
Benjamin Baez. (2000). Race-Related Service and Faculty of Color: Conceptualizing Critical Agency in Academe. Higher Education, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 363-391.
[Reprinted in Caroline S. Turner et al., eds. Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Higher Education, 2d ed. ASHE Reader Series. (Boston: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2002), 151-168.]
Benjamin Baez. (2000). Agency, Structure, and Disciplinary Power: An Inquiry into Racism and Resistance For Education. Studies in Philosophy and Education, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 329-348.
Benjamin Baez. (1999). Faculty of Color and Traditional Notions of Service. Thought and Action: The NEA Higher Education Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 131-138.
Other
Benjamin Baez. (2003). Outsiders Within? Academe: Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors, July/August 2003 (Vol. 89, No. 4), pp. 41-45.
Benjamin Baez. (2000). Diversity and its Contradictions. Academe: Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors, September/October 2000 (Vol. 86, No. 5), pp. 43-47.
[Reprinted in Caroline S. Turner et al., eds. Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Higher Education, 2d ed. ASHE Reader Series. (Boston: Pearson Custom Publishing, 2002), 383-388.]
Benjamin Baez. (1999). The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action: Narratives About Race and Justice. Saint Louis University Public Law Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 413-463.
MONOGRAPHS AND REPORTS
Marybeth Gasman, Benjamin Baez, et al. (2007). AAUP Report - “Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Recent Trends.” Academe: Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors, January/February 2007 (Vol. 96, No. 1), pp. 67-77.
Benjamin Baez. (2000). Secrets in “Pandora’s Box”: The Paradox of Confidentiality in the Tenure Process (IHELG Monograph 00-06). Houston, TX: Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance.
Benjamin Baez and Sheila Slaughter. (1999). Academic Freedom and Federal Courts in the 1990s: The Legitimation of the Conservative Entrepreneurial State (IHELG Monograph 99-11). Houston, TX: Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance.
Benjamin Baez. (1998). Faculty of Color and Antidiscrimination Law (IHELG Monograph 98-4). Houston, TX: Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance.
Benjamin Baez. (1998). Negotiating and Resisting Racism: How Faculty of Color Construct Promotion and Tenure. ERIC Document Reproduction Service (ED 430 420).
BOOK REVIEWS
Benjamin Baez. (forthcoming). Review of book, Multiversities, Ideas, and Democracy, by George Fallis. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007.
Benjamin Baez. (2006). Review of book, Leveling the Playing Field: Justice, Politics, and College Admissions by Robert K. Fullingwider and Judith Lichtenberg. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2004. The Journal of Higher Education, 77, no. 2, pp. 376-377.
Benjamin Baez. (2005). Review of book, Collegiality and Service for Tenure and Beyond: Acquiring a Reputation as a Team Player by Franklin Silverman. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004. The Review of Higher Education, Vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 422-423.
Benjamin Baez. (2004). Review of book, Higher Education Law: The Faculty by Steven G. Poskanzer, Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. The Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 75, no. 4, pp. 474-476.
Benjamin Baez. (2004). Review of book, Compelling Interest: Examining the Evidence on Racial Dynamics in Colleges and Universities, edited by Mitchell J. Chang, Daria Witt, James Jones, and Kenji Hakuta. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. The Review of Higher Education, Vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 259-260.
Benjamin Baez. (2003). Review of book, Silence at Boalt Hall: The Dismantling of Affirmative Action by Andrea Guerrero, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002. Academe: Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors, May/June 2003 (Vol. 89, No. 3), pp. 95-96.
Benjamin Baez. (2003). Review Essay: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and the Politics of Representation in Higher Education: Affirmative Action and the University: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Higher Education Employment, by Kul B. Rai and John W. Critzer. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2000, and Faculty of Color in Academe: Bittersweet Success, by Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner and Samuel L. Myers, Jr. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 2000. Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 74, No. 1, pp. 96-107.
Benjamin Baez. (1999). Review of book, Discourse Wars in Gotham West: A Latino Immigrant Urban Tale of Resistance and Agency by Marc Pruyn, Westview Press, 1999. Educational Studies, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 191-95.
Benjamin Baez. (1997). Review of book, Teachers can be Fired! The Quest for Quality, by Hans A. Andrews. Journal of Staff, Program, & Organizational Development, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 211-12.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS/ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES/OTHER
Benjamin Baez. (forthcoming). Goss v. Board of Education, Knoxville, Tennessee. In Kofi Lomotey, ed., Encyclopedia of African American Education. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.
Benjamin Baez. (2005). Harassment. In James T. Sears, ed., Youth, Education, and Sexualities: An International Encyclopedia. (pp. 388-391). Westport: Greenwood Publishing.
Benjamin Baez. (2005). Legal Issues. In James T. Sears, ed., Youth, Education, and Sexualities: An International Encyclopedia. (pp. 508-512). Westport: Greenwood Publishing.
Benjamin Baez. (2005). Brown v. Board of Education and Higher Education: Fifty Years Later -- Have We Progressed? Conference Proceedings, Educational Issues and the African American Community: 50 Years After Brown v. Board of Education, The W.E.B. DuBois Institute of Clark Atlanta. Atlanta: The Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Women and the Law. In Ana M. Martinez Aleman and Kristen A. Renn, eds., Women in Higher Education: An Encyclopedia. (pp. 228-234). Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). “Race” Work and Faculty of Color: Changing the Academy From Within. Symposium Proceedings, Keeping Our Faculties: Addressing the Recruitment and Retention of Faculty of Color. Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 21-23, 2002.
Ann D. Springer and Benjamin Baez. (2002). “Counterpoint: Affirmative Action Is Not Discrimination,” The Chronicle Review: The Chronicle of Higher Education, Section 2 (December 6): B17.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Affirmative Action. In James Forest and Kevin Kinser, eds., The Encyclopedia of Higher Education in the U.S. (pp. 45-53). Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Intellectual Property. In James Forest and Kevin Kinser, eds., The Encyclopedia of Higher Education in the U.S. (pp. 350-352). Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
M. Christopher Brown and Benjamin Baez. (2002). Academic Freedom. In James Forest and Kevin Kinser, eds., The Encyclopedia of Higher Education in the U.S. (pp. 8-12). Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
Benjamin Baez. (1998). Faculty of Color and Antidiscrimination Laws: “Victimized” Without Recourse? Symposium Proceedings, Keeping Our Faculties: Addressing the Recruitment and Retention of Faculty of Color in Higher Education. Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 18-20, 1998.
UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPTS
Benjamin Baez and Deron R. Boyles. 2006). The Elusive Science of Education.
Benjamin Baez. (2005). Science and Education.
Benjamin Baez. (2003). Education, Needs, and the Politics of Excess.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Degree of Distinction: The Ed.D. or Ph.D. in Education.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Performing Research: Narrative Practices and the Ethics of Knowledge.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Identity and Oppression.
Benjamin Baez. (2000). “Race” in the Academy.
Benjamin Baez. (2000). Unions and the Supreme Court.
Benjamin Baez and Philo A. Hutcheson. (2000). The Paradox of Academic Freedom: Principles and Practices.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Roger Geertz Gonzalez and Benjamin Baez. (submitted to book proposal on academic freedom by Philo Hutcheson). The Academic Bill of Rights and the War Against Faculty Academic Freedom: Why Faculty Need a Media Consultant. (article)
Benjamin Baez. (2007). Texts, Theories, and “International Experience.” (article)
Douglas R. Davis, Benjamin Baez, and Eric Freeman. (in draft). School Bureaucracy and the Unmet Promise of School Improvement, Democratic Community, and Social Justice: The Problem of Leadership. (article)
Benjamin Baez. Melancholia and the Public. (article)
Benjamin Baez. (in draft). The Law of Sovereign Immunity: Privatization, State Rights, and Public Education. (article)
Benjamin Baez. (in draft). Eleventh Amendment Immunity, Intellectual Property, and the Privatization of Public Higher Education. (article)
GRANTS
Georgia State Research Initiation Grant
Received $3,687 to complete a qualitative study of tenured and tenure-track faculty of color across institutional-types (specifically, a women’s college, a historically-black institution, at two universities (public and private research), and a two-year institution).
PRESENTATIONS
PAPERS PRESENTED AT REFEERED CONFERENCES
Glenda Musoba and Benjamin Baez. (2008). Critique of “Cultural” or “Social Capital” Theory in Higher Education. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, March 24-March 28, 2008, New York, New York.
Eric S. Dwyer and Benjamin Baez. (2008). Soweto, Proposition 227, and Resistance. Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Educational Society, March 17-21, 2008, New York, New York.
Benjamin Baez. (2008). Neoliberalism and the Individual. Annual Meeting of the Comparative and International Educational Society, March 17-21, 2008, New York, New York.
Benjamin Baez, Neoliberalism and Higher Education. (2007). Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 8-10, 2007, Louisville, Kentucky.
Douglas R. Davis, Benjamin Baez, and Eric Freeman. (2006). School Bureaucracy and the Unmet Promise of School Improvement, Democratic Community, and Social Justice: The Problem of Leadership. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 7-11, 2006, San Francisco, California.
Jennifer Esposito and Benjamin Baez. (2005). Queering the Body: The Politics of Gaydar. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, November 5, 2005, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Benjamin Baez. (2005). Science and Education. Annual Meeting of the Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, February 4, 2005, Orlando, Florida.
Benjamin Baez. (2004). Sovereign Immunity, Public Education, and the Politics of Privatization. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 13, 2004, San Diego, California.
Benjamin Baez. (2004). Eleventh Amendment Immunity, Intellectual Property, and the Privatization of Public Higher Education. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 16, 2004, San Diego, California.
Benjamin Baez. (2003). Education, Needs, and the Politics of Excess. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, October 30, 2003, Mexico City, Mexico.
Benjamin Baez. (2003). “Authors and Inventors”: Intellectual Property, Institutionalization, and Privatization in Higher Education. Annual Meeting of the Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, January 31, 2003, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Benjamin Baez and Deron R. Boyles. (2003). Problematizing the Public: Privatization, Democracy, and the Future of Education. Annual Meeting of the Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, January 31, 2003, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Benjamin Baez and Deron R. Boyles. (2002). Are We Selling Out? Entrepreneurship, Grants, and the Future of the Academic Freedom. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, October 31, 2002, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Performing Research: Narrative Practices and the Ethics of Knowledge. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 4, 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Identity and Oppression: Rethinking the Obvious. In Oppression in Higher Education: Rethinking the Obvious. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 2, 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Benjamin Baez. (2001). Merit and Difference. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, November 2, 2001, Miami, Florida.
Benjamin Baez. (2001). Affirmative Action, Diversity, and the Politics of Difference. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 13, 2001. Seattle, Washington.
Benjamin Baez. “Race” in the Academy. (2000). Annual Meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, November 4, 2000. Vancouver, Canada.
Benjamin Baez and V. Darleen Opfer. (2000). Religion and Education: The Politics of a “Discourse of Derision.” Annual Meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, November 2, 2000, Vancouver, Canada.
Benjamin Baez and Philo A. Hutcheson. (2000). The Paradox of Academic Freedom: Principles and Practices. Higher Education for a New Century: Partnerships, Productivity and Performance, June 29 - July 1, 2000, Los Angeles, California.
Benjamin Baez. (2000). Confidentiality, Tenure, Secrets, and Norms. (2000). Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 26, 2000, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Benjamin Baez. (2000). Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education: A Politics of Sexual Harassment in Schools. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Philosophy of Education Society, February 5, 2000, Savannah, Georgia.
V. Darleen Opfer and B. Baez. (2000). God and Science in Kansas: Educational Policy, Discourse, and the Religious Right. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Philosophy of Education Society, February 5, 2000, Savannah, Georgia.
Benjamin Baez and V. Darleen Opfer. (1999). Discourse, Paranoia, and Policy: An Analysis of the Power of the Religious Right. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, October 29, 1999, Detroit, Michigan.
Benjamin Baez. (1999). Affirmative Action, Admissions, and the Law. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 21, 1999, Montreal, Canada.
Benjamin Baez. (1999). Confidentiality in Qualitative Research: A Problematic Notion? Advances in Qualitative Methods, February 20, 1999, Edmonton, Canada.
Benjamin Baez. (1999). Agency and Structure in Racism. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Philosophy of Education Society, February 5, 1999, Atlanta, Georgia.
Benjamin Baez. (1998). Academic Freedom and the Supreme Court. Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 5, 1998, Miami, Florida.
Benjamin Baez. (1998). Faculty of Color and Antidiscrimination Laws: Victimized Without Recourse. Keeping Our Faculties, National Symposium, October 18, 1998, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Benjamin Baez. (1997). Negotiating and Resisting Racism: How Faculty of Color Construct Promotion and Tenure. Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 6, 1997, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
INVITED/PLENARY PAPERS
Benjamin Baez. (2008). The Economics of English as a Second/Foreign Language. TSEOL Arabia, March 13-15, 2008, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Benjamin Baez. (2004). The Idea of Brown: Reflections on Racial Integration in Higher Education. Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 5, 2004, Kansas City, Missouri.
Benjamin Baez. (2004). Searching for the “Public” in Public Education. Presidential Speech, Annual Meeting of the Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, February 20-21, 2004, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Benjamin Baez. (2004). Brown v. Board of Education and Higher Education: Fifty Years Later -- Have We Progressed? Educational Issues and the African American Community: 50 Years After Brown v. Board of Education, The W.E.B. DuBois Institute of Clark Atlanta, April 2, 2004, Atlanta, Georgia.
Benjamin Baez. (2004). Brown v. Board of Education – 50 Years Later. Keynote Presentation, Georgia Chapter of the National Association of Multicultural Educators, March 12, 2004, Peachtree City, Georgia.
Benjamin Baez. (2003). Plenary Panelist in “Higher Education Research Priorities: Responding to the Needs of Funders, Universities, and Society.” Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 13, 2003, Portland, Oregon.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Degree of Distinction: The Ed.D. or Ph.D. in Education. Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 22, 2002, Sacramento, California.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Plenary Speech. “Race” Work and Faculty of Color: Changing the Academy From Within. Keeping Our Faculties: Addressing the Recruitment and Retention of Faculty of Color, National Symposium, April 23, 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Keynote Speech: Educational Research and the Politics of Knowledge-Production. Annual Meeting of the Southeast Association of Educational Studies, March 9, 2002, Atlanta, Georgia.
Benjamin Baez. (2001). The Eleventh Amendment. Center for the Study of Higher Education, College of Education, University of Arizona, October 16, 2001, Tuscon, Arizona.
Benjamin Baez. (1998). Multiculturalism and Education: A Philosophical Inquiry. Invited Speaker, Western Carolina University, Series on Multiculturalism, December 3, 1998, Cullowhee, North Carolina.
REFERRED PAPERS IN SYMPOSIA AND ROUNDTABLES
Benjamin Baez. (2008). Men in Crisis? Race, Gender, and the Remasculinization of Higher Education. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, March 24-28, 2008, New York, New York.
Glenda Musoba, Benjamin Baez, and Roger Gonzalez. (2007). Undocumented Students: Making Visible the Invisible. Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 8-10, 2007, Louisville, Kentucky.
Benjamin Baez. (2007). Texts, Theories, and “International Experience.” Paper in Symposium, Higher Education and the World: International Education and the Politics of Experience. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 9-13, 2007, Chicago, Illinois.
Carolyn VanderSchee and Benjamin Baez. (2007). AIDS Education in Schools: The “Unassembled” Youth as a Curricular Project. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 9-11, 2007, Chicago, Illinois.
Benjamin Baez and Susan Talburt. (2006). Governing for Responsibility and With Love: Children Between Home and School. Paper in Symposium, “Governing Youthful Bodies and Souls: Curricular Inquiries into ‘Public’ and ‘Private’ Interests.” Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 7-11, 2006, San Francisco, California.
Benjamin Baez and Deron R. Boyles. (2006). The Elusive Science of Education. Paper in Symposium, “Educational Research and the Culture of Science: Controversies Regarding the Future of Educational Work.” Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 7-11, 2006, San Francisco, California.
Benjamin Baez. (2006). Melancholia and the Public. Paper in Symposium, “Schools as Public Spaces?” Annual Meeting of the Southeast Philosophy of Education, February 3, 2006, Decatur, Georgia.
Benjamin Baez. (2005). Practicing Theory. Paper in Symposium, “Working Theory: Negotiating the Tension Between Theory and Practice in Higher Education.” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 18, 2005, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Douglas Davis, Eric Freeman, and Benjamin Baez. (2005). Bureaucracy in the Guise of Leadership: Governance and Control in Education. Annual Convention of the University Council for Educational Administration, November 10-13, 2005, Nashville, Tennessee.
Benjamin Baez. (2004). Affirmative Action, Race Rhetoric, and the “Culture of Color-blind Righteousness. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 12-16, 2004, San Diego, California.
Deron R. Boyles and Benjamin Baez. (2003). Market Logics and Public Spheres: The Irony of Business Influence on U.S. Schools. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 23, 2003, Chicago, Illinois.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). The Scholarship of Race: Discursive Practices and the Race Expert. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 1, 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS/PANELS/SYMPOSIA
Benjamin Baez. (2008). Discussant in “Academic Decisions and the Law: Where Has the First Amendment Taken Higher Education?” Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, March 24-28, 2008, New York, New York.
Benjamin Baez. (2008). Discussant in “Organizational and Sociological Approaches to Studying Diversity and Affirmative Action in Higher Education.” Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, March 24-28, 2008, New York, New York.
Benjamin Baez. (2007). Discussant in “Race, Gender, and the Academic Workplace.” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 8-10, 2007, Louisville, Kentucky.
Benjamin Baez. (2007). Discussant in “Quantitative Criticalists: Answering Critical Questions Using Quantitative Data.” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 8-10, 2007, Louisville, Kentucky.
Benjamin Baez. (2007). Discussant in “Global Higher Education and the Public Good.” Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 9-13, 2007, Chicago, Illinois.
Benjamin Baez. (2006). Discussant in “The Construction and Deconstruction of Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education.” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 2-4, 2006, Anaheim, California.
Benjamin Baez. (2006). Discussant in “Higher Education in the New Economy: Micro- and Micro-Level Perspectives. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 7-11, 2006, San Francisco, California.
Benjamin Baez. (2005). Symposium Panelist in “Minority Serving Institutions: New Research, New Challenges.” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 18, 2005, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Benjamin Baez. (2005). Discussant in “Organizational Change and Persistence.” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 19, 2005, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Benjamin Baez. (2005). Discussant in “The Dangerous Role of Economists in Shaping Higher Education Policy.” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 19, 2005, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Benjamin Baez. (2004). Discussant in “Critical Perspectives on the Campus Environment and the University Idea.” Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 4, 2004, Kansas City, Missouri.
Benjamin Baez. (November 2004). Panelist in “ASHE Program Overview.” Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 4, 2004, Kansas City, Missouri.
Benjamin Baez. (2004). Introduction to “Global Cities and Higher Education.” Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 5, 2004, Kansas City, Missouri.
Benjamin Baez. (October 2004). Plenary Panelist in “Affirmative Action and Its Implications for Higher Education.” 2004 Institute on Teaching & Mentoring, October 21-24, Atlanta, Georgia.
Benjamin Baez. (September 2004). Panelist in “Into the Future: Trends, Effects, and Goals for Scholars of Color in Higher Education.” The Frederick Patterson Research Institute Conference, “Still Not Equal: Expanding Opportunities in Global Societies,” September 26, 2004, Washington, D.C.
Benjamin Baez. (2004). Plenary Panelist in “Diversity in Schools and Colleges.” 35 Annual Conference on Higher Education and the Law, July 20, 2004, Athens, Georgia.
Benjamin Baez. (2003). Plenary Panelist in “Affirmative Action and Higher Education: Present Conditions, Future Possibilities.” Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 15, 2003, Portland, Oregon.
Benjamin Baez. (2003). Facilitator in “The Politics of Intellectual Property.” Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 14, 2003, Portland, Oregon.
Benjamin Baez. (2003). Facilitator in “Homeland Security and Academic Freedom.” Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 14, 2003, Portland, Oregon.
Benjamin Baez. (2003). Panelist in “Affirmative Action and Social Responsibility.” Annual Meeting of the American Association of University Professors, June 13, 2003, Washington, D.C.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Respondent in “Using Quantitative Data to Answer Critical Questions.” Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 23, 2002, Sacramento, California.
Benjamin Baez. (2002). Panelist in “Outsiders Within: Division B Equity Committee and Panelists Discuss the Experiences of Faculty of Color at Predominantly White Institutions.” Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 5, 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Benjamin Baez. (2001). Panelist in “Conundrums of Legitimacy: Thinking Differently about Research.” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 17, 2001, Richmond, Virginia.
Benjamin Baez. (2001). Panelist-Organizer in “Faculty Roles in Mission and Institutional Development,” at the Annual Governance Conference of the American Association of University Professors: Mission and Governance: Integrating A Shared Vision, October 12, 2001, Washington, D.C.
Benjamin Baez. (2001). Panelist in “Diversity in the Classroom.” Annual Meeting of the American Association of University Professors, June 8, 2001, Washington, D.C.
Benjamin Baez. (2001). Panelist in “Diversity and Affirmative Action in the Classroom.” Annual Meeting of the American Association of University Professors, June 7-10, 2001, Washington, DC.
Benjamin Baez and John Albright. (2001). Affirmative Action and College Admissions. Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for College Admissions Counselors, April 23, 2001, Atlanta, Georgia.
Benjamin Baez. (2000). Discussant in “Higher Education and Affirmative Action.” 46th Conference of the Education Law Association, November 10, 2000, Atlanta, Georgia.
Benjamin Baez. (2000). “Unions and the Supreme Court.” National Education Association - Higher Education Conference, April 7-9, 2000, Atlanta, Georgia.
Benjamin Baez. (1999). Panelist in “Faculty Access to Peer Review Materials.” 45th Conference of the Education Law Association, November 5, 1999, Chicago, Illinois.
Benjamin Baez. (1998). Discussant in “Recent Policy Developments and Their Impact on Diversity.” Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 5, 1998, Miami, Florida.
Benjamin Baez, John A. Centra, and D. Bruce Johnstone. (1997). Legal, Ethical, and Measurement Issues in Faculty Evaluation. Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 6, 1997, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
INTERVIEWS/MEDIA APPEARANCES/OTHER
Interviewed by Sandra Gardner for “Faculty Salaries UP 9 Percent in 10 Years,” The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, August 28, 2006.
Interviewed by Victor Greto for story on Historically Black Institutions. Delaware News Journal, September 19, 2004.
Panelist for panel on the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education. “PowerPoint,” hosted by Carmen Burns, National Public Radio, Sunday, May 16, 2004.
Interviewed by Robin Tricoles for “Feature News: Fifty Years Later Landmark Desegregation Case Still Spawns Debate.” Georgia State University’s Radioline, May 13, 2004.
Interviewed by Melanthia Mitchell for “Racial Tensions Resurface,” Washington Times, Friday, April 23, 2004.
Interviewed by Sandra Gardner for story on Latino faculty in Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, September 8, 2003.
Panelist for panel on Affirmative Action. “PowerPoint,” hosted by Carmen Burns, National Public Radio, Sunday, June 29, 2003.
Spotlight by Lisa Borello for “Discoveries,” Georgia State Magazine, Fall 2003.
Interviewed by Andrea Jones for “Teacher Misconduct Arrests Puzzling,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Thursday, December 27, 2001.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graduate Assistant (August 1994 - July 1995)
Higher Education Program - Syracuse University
Graduate Assistant (August 1993 - August 1994)
Office of Professional Development - Syracuse University
University Judicial Advisor (August 1988 - July 1993)
Syracuse University
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS
Associate Editor (Social Context of Higher Education), Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research (2005-2008).
The Review of Higher Education (2004-2009)
The Journal of Higher Education (2003-2006)
PROGRAM COMMITTEES
Program Chair. (2004). Association for the Study of Higher Education, Kansas City, Missouri, November 2004.
Vice-Chair, Division on “Contexts and Foundations,” Association for the Study of Higher Education, Portland, Oregon, November 2003
Co-Chair, Research and Scholarly Papers, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Sacramento, California, November 2002.
Program Chair, Southeastern Philosophy of Education Society, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2002.
Program Committee, Mission and Governance, HBCU, American Association of University Professors, Washington, DC, October 2001.
NATIONAL COMMITTEES
Chair, AERA Division J Dissertation of the Year Committee, 2008-present.
Member of AERA Division J Dissertation of the Year Committee. 2007-2008.
Member of Dissertation of the Year Committee - American Educational Research Association, 2007.
Member of Committee L on the Historically Black Institutions and Scholars of Color - American Association of University Professors, 2006.
Investigator, Investigating Committee, American Association of University Professors, 2005.
Chair, Committee L on the Historically Black Institutions and the Status of Minorities in the Profession - American Association of University Professors, 2002-2006.
Investigator, Investigating Committee, American Association of University Professors, 2003-2004.
Past President, Southeast Philosophy of Education, 2004
President, Southeast Philosophy of Education, 2003
Member of “Working Group on Distance Education” - American Association of University Professors.
OTHER NATIONAL SERVICE
External Reviewer for Promotion and Tenure at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2004.
Task Force on ASHE Reserve Fund, Summer 2001.
Invited, University of Houston Law Center’s Higher Education Law Roundtable, Summer 1999.
Review book proposals for RoutledgeFalmer.
Review articles for the Journal of College Student Retention, Catholic Education Journal, Equity and Excellence, Educational Policy, Journal of Higher Education, Journal of Latinos and Education, Higher Education, and Urban Education.
Review proposals for the Association for the Study of Higher Education and the American Educational Research Association.
Advisory Board Member, ASHE Reader, Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Higher Education, 2004.
STATE-WIDE SERVICE
Senator, United Faculty of Florida, Florida International University, 2008-2009.
Treasurer for the Georgia Conference of the American Association of University Professors, 2004-2005.
Invited panelist for the AAUP Meeting of The State University of West Georgia, April 4, 2003.
UNIVERSITY WIDE SERVICE
Senator, Faculty Senate, 2007-2009, Florida International University.
Vice Chair, University Senate Faculty Affairs Committee, 2004-2005, Georgia State University.
Senator, University Senate (subcommittees Faculty Affairs and Planning and Development), 2004-2005, Georgia State University.
Senator, University Senate (subcommittees Faculty Affairs and Statutes and Bylaws), 2003-2005, Georgia State University.
Member of Retention Committee, 2004, Georgia State University.
Member of Ad Hoc Committee on Non-Regular Faculty, 2004-2005, Georgia State University.
Selection Committee for Instructional Innovation and Instructional Effectiveness Awards, 2004, Georgia State University.
Member of APACE Ad-hoc subcommittee on International Teaching Assistants, Spring 2001, Georgia State University.
Workshop on Affirmative Action and Women, Office of Diversity, Spring 1999, Georgia State University.
Invited Panelist Discussant, “The Study of Whiteness: Missing Link to Ethnic Studies,” Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, November 1999, Georgia State University Student Leadership Human Relations Retreat, Atlanta, Georgia.
COLLEGE-WIDE SERVICE
Chair, Faculty Assembly, 2008-2009, Florida International University.
Vice Chair, Faculty Assembly, 2007-2008, Florida International University.
Member, Academic Council, 2007, Florida International University.
Chair, Taskforce on Workload, 2006-2007, Florida International University.
Chair, College of Education Faculty Affairs Committee, 2004-2005, Georgia State University.
Guest Presentation, Legal Issues, Aspiring Leaders Program, January 2004, Georgia State University.
College of Education, Appeals Panel of the Student Affairs Committee, July 2003, Georgia State University.
Doctoral Fellows, Spring 2003, April 6, 2003, Georgia State University.
College of Education Faculty Affairs Committee, 2002-2003, Georgia State University.
College of Education, Dean’s Strategic Action Plan Committee, 2001-2002, Georgia State University.
College of Education, Chair Committee on Underrepresented Faculty, 2000-2001, Georgia State University.
College of Education Student Activity Fee Oversight Committee, Georgia State University,1998-2002, Georgia State University.
College of Education, Faculty Review Committee for Quality Improvement Funds for Research and Instructional Equipment, Fall 1997, Georgia State University.
DEPARTMENT SERVICE
Program Leader, Higher Education Program, 2006-present, Florida International University.
Search Committee, Department Chair, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 2007-2008.
Chair, Search Committee, Assistant/Associate Professor, Higher Education, Florida International University, 2007.
Chair, Educational Policy Studies Promotion, Tenure, and Graduate Faculty Status Committee, 2004-2005, Georgia State University.
Coordinator, Higher Education Program, 2001-2004, Georgia State University.
Advise the Higher Education Symposium, Georgia State University.
Faculty Affairs Committee, 1999-2005, Chair, 2001, Georgia State University.
Search Committee, Assistant Professor, Higher Education, 1999-2000, Georgia State University.
Search Committee, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership, 1999-2000m Georgia State University.
Member of the Educational Leadership Program Self-Study, Educational Policy Studies, Georgia State University, 1998-99, Georgia State University.
Search Committee, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership, 1998-1999, Georgia State University.
Search Committee, Assistant Professor, Higher Education, 1998-1999, Georgia State University.
Student Affairs Committee, Chair,1998-1999, Georgia State University.
Search Committee, Assistant Professor, Higher Education, 1997-1998, Georgia State University.
OTHER SERVICE
Panelist on Discussion Group, “Neoliberalism and Education,” College of Education, Fall 2007.
Panelist on Civility, Multicultural Programs & Services and the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution's Civility Initiative, Florida International University, February 2007.
School of Education Judicial and Academic Standards Committee, Syracuse University, 1996-97.
School of Education Committee on Teaching, Syracuse University, 1994-95.
Chancellor's Commission on Pluralism, Syracuse University, 1992-93.
Task Force on Student Rights and Responsibilities, Syracuse University, 1989-93.
ASSOCIATIONS
Comparative and International Education Society
American Education Research Association
American Education Studies Association
American Association of University Professors
Association for the Study of Higher Education
Education Law Association
Southeastern Philosophy of Education Society
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Passed the New York State Bar Exam in 1988
Fluent in English and Spanish
Association for the Study of Higher Education
American Educational Research Association
American Association of University Professors
FIU Faculty Senate
United Faculty of Florida
College of Education Faculty Assembly
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