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, and has taught courses in the areas of political science, 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; and institutional issues involved in public sector information policy development and state and local government use of information and communication technologies (ICT’s), and online islamic communities of practice.

Recently he was one of four expert panelists at the "Digital Democracy and Freedom of Speech" webconference held on October 9, 2007, in the studios of WHYY, Philadelphia. To access the webconference archive, visit [http://www.whyy.org/digitaldemocracy/video.php].

Specialties:
E-accessibility, e-government, digital government, Information Technology, Telecommunications, Communications Policy, Public Policy, Disability and Accessibility Policy, online and virtual communities, telework, university Issues, academic technology

 

E-mail: paul.baker [at] gatech.edu