Paul M. A. Baker, PhD

Paul M.A. Baker holds the rank of Senior Research Scientist with the Georgia Institute of Technology, and is the Project Director of Policy Initiatives for both the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Mobile Wireless Technologies, and the Workplace Accommodations RERC. He is also an Adjunct Professor with the School of Public Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology. He has taught courses in the areas of political science, virtual collaboration and communities of practice, disability policy, public administration, information policy, and state and local government policymaking. Dr. Baker is currently researching the role of policy in advancing technology and universal accessibility goals for persons with disabilities; and institutional issues involved in public sector information policy development and state and local government use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Recent projects include policy barriers to the adoption of wireless technologies by people with disabilities, teleworking and people with disabilities, online collaboration and virtual communities, collaborative policy networks and e-accessibility, and issues impacting e-voting by people with disabilities. He is also involved in international policy research related to issues of technological accessibility and information technologies.

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 chair of the Rehabilitation Society of North Americas (RESNA) government affairs committee and serves on the editorial boards of Assistive Technology, and Disability Policy Studies, is on the editorial boards of five other journals.