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Oliver Baker is an Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies at Pennsylvania State University. His research focuses on critical ethnic studies, 19th-century American literature, Black studies, Indigenous studies, and abolitionist theory. He holds a PhD in American Literary Studies from the University of New Mexico (2019), preceded by an MA (2012) and BA (2009) in English from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Baker’s work bridges literary analysis with historical materialism, examining how abolitionist struggles and Indigenous resistance shaped racial capitalism in North America. His forthcoming book *No More Peace: Abolition War and Counterrevolution* (UC Press, 2025) argues that enslaved and colonized peoples’ rebellions were central to the development of US capitalism, while white counterrevolutionary forces consistently suppressed these movements. His research has been supported by prestigious fellowships, including the Andrew W. Mellon Dissertation Fellowship and the Hector Torres Fellowship.
Publications include critiques of settler colonialism in Cormac McCarthy’s *Blood Meridian* and analyses of neoliberalism’s impact on literature. Baker teaches courses on abolition, decolonial theory, and the intersections of race, class, and capitalism.
- Awards: Mellon Dissertation Fellowship, Hector Torres Fellowship
- Education:
- PhD in American Literary Studies, University of New Mexico, 2019
- MA in English, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2012
- BA in English, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2009
Baker’s research and teaching emphasize radical interdisciplinary approaches to understanding historical and contemporary systems of oppression.
