Mary Baker

Mary Tuti Baker is an Assistant Professor in comparative Indigenous studies at Western Washington University, with joint appointments in Canadian-American Studies, Salish Seas Studies, and Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies. A Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) scholar, she holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, specializing in Indigenous Politics and Futures Studies. Her research focuses on the intersection of Kanaka Maoli values and decolonization politics, with a current manuscript exploring aloha ʻāina as an Indigenous ideology. Her recent publication in Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies examines the convergence of Indigenous land-based practices and anarchist principles.

Her work bridges Indigenous futurisms, anarchism, and feminist theory, emphasizing embodied practices and horizontal power structures. Baker’s interdisciplinary approach connects Indigenous communities across the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiʻi, fostering collaborations with non-Indigenous social justice movements. She advocates for transformative political frameworks rooted in land stewardship and decolonial praxis.