Eileen Baldry

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.

Academic career Baldry completed a BA, Dip Ed and Dip TEFL at the University of Sydney. 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".

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.

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–), Director, Public Interest Advocacy Centre Ltd (2015–) and National Co-Chair Anti Poverty Week (2017–). 2016: named one of the Australian Financial Review/Westpac 100 most influential women in Australia 2021: appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Australia Day Honours, for "distinguished service to tertiary education, to criminology and social welfare policy, and as an advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion"

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