Eileen Baldry is an Australian criminologist and social justice advocate. She is a Professor Emerita of Criminology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where she has been an academic since 1993, and was the inaugural Deputy Vice-Chancellor Equity Diversity and Inclusion from 2017-2022.

Eileen Baldry
NationalityAustralian
AwardsNSW Justice Medal
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Sydney
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales
ThesisThe development of the health consumer movement and its effect on value changes and health policy in Australia (1992)

Academic career

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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

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Selected works

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Books

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  • Baldry, Eileen; Hughes, Mark; Burnett, Linda; Collinson, Ian (2011), Studying for social work, Sage, ISBN 9781848601246
  • Cunneen, Chris; Baldry, Eileen; Brown, David; Schwartz, Melanie; Steel, Alex; Brown, Mark (2013), Penal Culture and Hyperincarceration: The revival of the prison, Ashgate Publishing, ISBN 9781409447290
  • Goldson, Barry; Cunneen, Chris; Russell, Sophie; Brown, David; Baldry, Eileen; Schwartz, Melanie; Briggs, Damon (30 October 2020), Youth justice and penality in comparative context (1st ed.), Routledge (published 2019), ISBN 978-0815374466

Articles

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References

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  1. ^ "Academy Fellow: Profesor Eileen Baldry FASSA". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Professor Eileen BALDRY". It's An Honour. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  4. ^ Offner, Steve (26 July 2017). "Eileen Baldry named DVC Inclusion and Diversity at UNSW". UNSW Newsroom. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  5. ^ Frew, Wendy. "Eileen Baldry appointed to Disability Council". UNSW Sydney. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Justice Medal nominees by year". Law and Justice Foundation of NSW. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Fellows Directory". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Government Gazette" (PDF). NSW Government. 6 February 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Academy Fellows recognised with Order of Australia Honours". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
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