In addition to being Associate Professor of History and Arabic at Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, Carolyn Baugh is a mom to two girls who constantly surprise her, and a devoted dog-owner to Carmen the Mutt.

She holds a master's degree (2008) and a PhD (2011) from the University of Pennsylvania in Arabic and Islamic Studies. Her academic focus has been gender issues in early Islamic law. At Gannon, she directs the refugee oral history program and also the Women's Studies program.

She believes she was probably meant to be a jazz pianist in some smoky Parisian bar.

Adulting is not her strong point.