Leslie Baker Kimmons Editor & Author

Leslie Baker Kimmons, Ph.D. is a professor of sociology at Chicago State University. Her expertise is in social inequality and urban sociology, and she regularly teaches courses that examine social inequalities. As an avid reader and television and film enthusiast, Baker Kimmons' research passions focus on representations of race found throughout popular media. She received her B.A. in African American studies from the University of Maryland at College Park, M.A. in Black studies from The Ohio State University, and Ph.D. in sociology from Howard University.