Jessica Swanston Baker

Jessica Swanston Baker, a Bronx, NY native, is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Chicago where she teaches and researches Caribbean music and critical Caribbean studies, theories of the postcolonial, race, temporality and acceleration. Professor Baker holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Bucknell University and a PhD in Ethnomusicology from the University of Pennsylvania. Before her appointment at the University of Chicago, she was the Postdoctoral Fellow in Critical Caribbean Studies at Rutgers University.