Paul M.A. is a Senior Research
Scientist and Director of Research with the Center for Advanced Communications
Policy (CACP) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the Project
Director of Policy Initiatives for both the Rehabilitation Engineering Research
Center (RERC) on 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
public policy, political science, 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 (ICT’s). Recent projects include identification of policy
barriers to the adoption of wireless technologies by people with disabilities,
teleworking and people with disabilities, examination of the integration of
disability policy into the planning curriculum; and issues impacting e-voting
by people with disabilities.
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,
and a Masters in Theological Studies (MTS) from Emory University.
He is a certified planner (AICP), and 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, and is on the review panels for six other journals.
Dr. Baker is currently a
consultant to several community groups on the role of information technologies
for community building and development; and an adjunct professor with the School of Communication
and Theater at Temple
University. Dr. Baker was
formerly the National Secretary of Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility (CPSR), and served as Associate Director of Undergraduate
Studies at the School
of Public Policy, Georgia
Institute of Technology. He was also an Adjunct Professor with the
Organizational Leadership Program, at Mercer
University, and an assistant professor
with the Department of Public and International Affairs, George Mason
University.