Maureen Baker (sociologist)

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Maureen Baker
Born1948 (age 76–77)
Toronto, Canada
Known forresearching the gender gap and sociology of families
AwardsFRSNZ
FNZAH
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Alberta
ThesisWomen as a minority group in the academic profession (1975)
Academic work
DisciplineSociology
InstitutionsMcGill University
University of Auckland

Maureen Baker FRSNZ (born 1948) is a Canadian–New Zealand sociologist and an emeritus professor of the University of Auckland. She has been a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi since 2009. Baker's work focused on children, families and gender.

Academic career

Baker was born in 1948 in Toronto.[1] She obtained a BA from the University of Toronto in 1970, and went on to complete an M.A. in 1972. Her PhD from the University of Alberta, in 1975, was titled Women as a Minority Group in the Academic Profession.[2] For seven years, Baker was a policy adviser to the Canadian government. She also worked as an associate professor and professor at McGill University before moving to New Zealand in 1998.[2] Much of Baker's work compares family situations in the three former British colonies of Australia, Canada and New Zealand, in all of which she has worked.[3] Baker has written eleven books and authored three others. Her book Families: Changing Trends in Canada has had six editions.[3] Baker retired in 2014, after sixteen years at Auckland University,[3] and is an emeritus professor.[2]

Awards and honours

Baker was elected as a Fellow of the New Zealand Academy of the Humanities in 2008,[2] and as a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2009.[3]

Selected works

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References

  1. ↑ "Maureen Baker, 1948 (Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series)". via encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Emeritus Professor Maureen Baker - The University of Auckland". www.arts.auckland.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "View our current Fellows". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
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