Eileen Baldry

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Eileen Baldry

NationalityAustralian
AwardsNSW Justice Medal
Academic background
Education University of Sydney
Alma mater University of New South Wales
Thesis The development of the health consumer movement and its effect on value changes and health policy in Australia  (1992)

Eileen Baldry AO FASSA FRSN is an Australian criminologist and social justice advocate. She is Deputy Vice-Chancellor Equity Diversity and Inclusion and Professor of Criminology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW).

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Academic career

Baldry completed a BA, Dip Ed and Dip TEFL at the University of Sydney. [1] She graduated from the UNSW in 1992 with a PhD on "The development of the health consumer movement and its effect on value changes and health policy in Australia". [2]

Baldry has been employed by UNSW since 1987, initially in casual research and teaching roles. Following graduation with her PhD she became lecturer (1993–1999), senior lecturer (1999–2006), associate professor (2006–2010) and finally Professor of Criminology in 2011. [3] She was appointed inaugural Deputy Vice-Chancellor Inclusion and Diversity at UNSW in July 2017, the first woman to fill a DVC position at the university. [4]

Since 1995 Baldry has filled a number of NSW government and community positions, and as of January 2021 is Chair of the Coalition for Intellectual Disability in the Criminal Justice System (2005–), Chair of the NSW Homelessness Expert Advisory Committee and Monitoring and Evaluation Group Homelessness Reform (2012–), [3] Deputy Chair of the Disability Council NSW (2015–), [5] Director, Public Interest Advocacy Centre Ltd (2015–) and National Co-Chair Anti Poverty Week (2017–). [3]

She was a member of the board of the Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice with the NSW Department of Health (2005–2010), expert advisor to the Juvenile Justice Transitional Program in the NSW Department of Corrective Services (2009–2011) and president of NSW Council of Social Service (2010–2014). [3]

Honours and recognition

Selected works

Books

Articles

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References

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  2. "The development of the health consumer movement and its effect on value changes and health policy in Australia". University of New South Wales Library. Retrieved 27 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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