Dr. Carrie N. Baker is a lawyer who specializes in gender, law, public policy, and feminist activism. Currently, she is a Professor of American Studies and Chair of the Program for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College.Baker writes a monthly column for the Daily Hampshire Gazette, and she also writes for Ms. Magazine, where she also co-chairs the Ms. Committee of Scholars, which connects academic scholarship to feminist public writing. She has published three books: "The Women's Movement Against Sexual Harassment," in 2007, "Fighting the US Youth Sex Trade," in 2018, and "Sexual Harassment Law," in 2020. She co-edited "Public Feminisms: From Academy to Community," which was published in 2023.Baker co-founded and is a former co-director of the certificate in Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Program offered by the Five College Consortium. She is a former president and is now on the advisory board of the Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts. She is a board member of Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts.