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Paula Baker

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

Educational Background:

• A.S. (Business - Legal Assisting), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (June 1988) Graduated Cum Laude.

• B.S. (Criminal Justice), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (December 1989).  Graduated Summa Cum Laude. Received Gene Carte Award for Outstanding Scholarship.

• M.S. (Criminal Justice), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (August 1990).  Thesis title:  Gender Differences in Sentencing: Fact or Fiction?

• Ph.D. (Criminology), Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA (December 2000). Dissertation title:  Perceptions of Prison Turmoil: An Exploration of Violence in Women’s Prisons.

Career Experience:

• Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice/Sociology, Mount Olive College, Mount Olive, NC
• Sr. Adjunct Professor CCi – Florida Metropolitan University, Online Instructor.       
• Assistant Professor, Justice Studies, NC Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC        
• Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Elmira College, Elmira, NY

Academic Interests:

• Domestic Violence/Abuse
• Media
• Policy/Comparative Criminology
• Corrections
• Prison Ministry

Courses Taught at BPC:

• Introduction to Criminal Justice
• Introduction to Corrections
• Comparative Criminal Justice Systems
• Introduction to Police Administration
• Ethics in Criminal Justice
• Victimology
• Criminal Law and Procedure  

Most Recent Paper Presentation:

• “Images of Intimate Violence: Representations of intimate violence in popular media.” (with Sherri Smith and Yenli Yeh) presented at the Annual Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Meeting held in Cincinnati, Ohio March 2008