Dr. Melissa N. Baker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Merced in 2021 and was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Toronto before joining UTEP.

• Ph D in Political Science , University of California Merced (2021)

• Doing it for Ourselves: Creating Space for, and by, Early Career Instructors Springer Nature (2024), Devon Cantwell-Chavez, Melissa N. Baker.
• Judges Behaving badly: Judicial Misconduct and a Threat to Rights Journal of Experimental Political Science (2024), Melissa N. Baker, Kayla S. Canelo.
• Dynamic role of personality in explaining COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and refusal Frontiers in Psychology 14 (2023), Melissa N. Baker, Eric Merkley.

• False Eye of the Beholder: Deepfakes, Pornography, and Morality (2024), Volume University of Texas at El Paso, Amanda J. Goodson, Melissa N. Baker.

• Judge Misconduct and Perceptions of a Threat to Rights