Baker, Maureen 1948-
BAKER, Maureen 1948-
PERSONAL: Born March 9, 1948, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; daughter of Albert T. and Irene May Baker; married John J. J. Archer (divorced, 1975); married David J. Tippin (a sociologist and consultant), July, 1983. Ethnicity: "Canadian." Education: University of Toronto, B.A., 1970, M.A., 1972; University of Alberta, Ph.D., 1975. Hobbies and other interests: Gardening, piano, reading.
ADDRESSES: Office—Department of Sociology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; fax: 64-9-373-7439. E-mail—ma.baker@auckland.ac.nz.
CAREER: Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, assistant professor, 1974-76; University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, assistant professor, 1978-83; Parliament of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, senior researcher, 1984-90; McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, professor of social work, 1990-97; University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, holder of chair in sociology, 1998—.
WRITINGS:
Families: Changing Trends in Canada, McGraw-Hill Ryerson (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1984, 4th edition, 2001.
What Will Tomorrow Bring? (monograph), Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), 1985.
Aging in Canadian Society, McGraw-Hill Ryerson (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1988.
Families in Canadian Society, McGraw-Hill Ryerson (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1989, 2nd edition, 1993.
Canada's Changing Families: Challenges to Public Policy, Vanier Institute of the Family (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), 1994.
Canadian Family Policies: Cross-national Comparisons, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1995.
(With David Tippin) Poverty, Social Assistance, and the Employability of Mothers: Restructuring Welfare States, University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1999.
Families, Labour, and Love: Family Diversity in a Changing World, University of British Columbia Press (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), 2001.
WORK IN PROGRESS: Families, Social Policies, and Globalization, for University of Toronto Press (Toronto, Ontario, Canada); Families: Changing Trends in Canada, 5th edition, McGraw-Hill Ryerson (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).