{"id":1778,"date":"2026-08-02T13:32:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/?page_id=1778"},"modified":"2026-08-02T13:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:32:49","slug":"dr-courtney-r-baker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/dr-courtney-r-baker\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Courtney R. Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section alignfull alignfull getwid-section-content-custom-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper getwid-padding-left-medium getwid-padding-right-medium\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\" style=\"max-width:1140px\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Courtney R. Baker<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading__content\">She\/Her<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Courtney R. Baker, PhD, is a cultural critic and scholar whose work reveals how Black art, film, and visual culture teach us to see. She studies the stories told about Black life \u2014 and the interpretive brilliance with which Black women and global Black communities read, resist, and transform those narratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is the author of&nbsp;<em>Humane Insight<\/em>, a groundbreaking study of how images of Black suffering circulate and what it means to look with care rather than spectacle. Courtney brings humane clarity to questions of representation, justice, and freedom across her writing, teaching, and public work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo credit: \u00a9 Shine Portrait Studio (Anthony Alvarez\/Nick Kline)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/presenters\/\" style=\"color:#000000\">BACK<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/08\/29A1682_rt-1280x1920.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Courtney R. 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