Sarah C. W. Baker
· Senior Lecturing FellowDuke University · Law
Active 1976–2026
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About
Sarah C. W. Baker is a Clinical Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law, where she teaches Legal Analysis, Research and Writing. She joined the Duke Law faculty in 2011. Prior to her academic career, she practiced law as an associate in the litigation and employment groups at Smith, Anderson, Blount & Dorsett in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her legal practice focused on oral advocacy, legal research and writing, drafting trial briefs, motions, and appellate briefs, and serving as a member of the litigation team in complex commercial cases. She also provided counseling on labor and employment issues to employers. Baker clerked for Judge Allyson K. Duncan of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals after graduating with honors from Duke Law School in 2006. During her time at Duke Law, she served as a Note Editor for the Duke Law Journal, was a Hardt Cup coordinator, and was a member of the Moot Court Board. She also organized an ad hoc seminar on gender and the law and is a member of Duke Law School’s Future Forum. Baker received her BA from the University of Virginia in 2001, where she was a Jefferson Scholar and an Echols Scholar. Before entering law school, she worked as a regional manager for key accounts for The Advisory Board Company in Washington, D.C.
Research topics
- Cell biology
- Biology
- Biophysics
- Chemistry
- Neuroscience
Recent grants
NIH · $419k · 2018
Calcium channels in retinal photoreceptors
NIH · $4.4M · 2017–2026
Protein Targeting in Vertebrate Photoreceptors
NIH · $3.7M · 2010–2023
Frequent coauthors
- 41 shared
Vadim Y. Arshavsky
Duke University
- 20 shared
Joseph G. Laird
University of Iowa
- 17 shared
Sidney M. Gospe
- 12 shared
Colten K. Lankford
University of Iowa
- 11 shared
Nikolai P. Skiba
Duke University
- 11 shared
Joseph C. Besharse
Medical College of Wisconsin
- 11 shared
Peter J. Yoo
Duke University
- 9 shared
Amy Lee
The University of Texas at Austin
Labs
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Education
- 2009
Research Associate, Ophthalmology
Duke Univ
- 2005
Postdoc, Ophthalmology
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
- 2003
PhD, Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy
Medical College of Wisconsin
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