Director of Research
Phone: 404.385.4618
Paul M.A. Baker, Ph.D., is the Director of Research at the Center for Advanced Communications Policy (CACP), and holds the rank of Senior Research Scientist with the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is also the Project Director of Policy Initiatives for both the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Mobile Wireless Technologies, and the Workplace Accommodations RERC, and an Adjunct Professor with the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology, and the School of Communications and Theater at Temple University. He has taught courses in the areas of political science, research design, disability policy, public administration, information policy, and state and local government policymaking. He is currently researching the role of policy in advancing technology and universal accessibility goals for persons with disabilities; the operation of communities of practice and online communities in virtual environments, and institutional issues involved in public sector information policy development and state and local government use of information and communication technologies (ICT’s). Baker holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from George Mason University, an M.P. in Urban Planning from the University of Virginia, and an M.A. in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. He serves on the editorial boards of Assistive Technology Journal, International Journal of Cases on Electronic Commerce (IJCEC), Journal of Information Technology & Politics, The Journal of eWorking, and the Journal of Disability Policy Studies, and is on the review panels for ten other journals.
Selected articles include: Baker, Paul M.A. and Moon, Nathan W. 2009. “Policy Development and Access to Wireless Technologies for People with Disabilities: Results of Policy Delphi Research”, Universal Access in the Information Society(UAIS). (forthcoming). Andrew Ward, Paul M. A. Baker, and Nathan W. Moon. 2008. “Ensuring the Enfranchisement of People With Disabilities,” Journal of Disability Policy Studies. Baker, Paul M.A. and Nathan W. Moon. 2008. “Wireless Technologies And Accessibility for People With Disabilities: Findings From A Policy Research Instrument,” Journal of Assistive Technology. Vol. 20.3. Fall 2008. “Accessibility in Municipal Wireless Networks: System Implementation, Policy, and Potential Barriers for People with Disabilities,” (with Avonne Bell), “Virtual Exclusion and Telework: Barriers and Opportunities of Technocentric Workplace Accommodation Policy,” (with Nathan Moon and Andrew C. Ward) in WORK:A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation. 27(4) (2006); “Bridging Temporal and Spatial “Gaps”: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Defining Communities.” Information Communication and Society. Vol. 5 (2) 207-224. (Baker, Paul M.A., and Andrew C. Ward. 2002.); “Policy Bridges for the Digital Divide: Assessing the Landscape and Gauging the Dimensions.” First Monday. Vol. 6 (5) May 2001. http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_5/ ; “Searching for “Civitas” in the Digital City: Community Formation and Dynamics in the Virtual Metropolis,” (with Andrew C. Ward) National Civic Review, Vol. 89 (3) Nov. 2000
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