Karen L. Baird, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Political Science
School of Natural and Social Sciences

Dr. Karen Baird is an associate professor of political science in the School of Natural and
Social Sciences and a member of the interdisciplinary women's studies faculty. Her interests include women and health care and public policy, women and medical research policies, and feminist theory. Among her awards is the Purchase College President's Award for Junior Faculty Development and a National Science Foundation grant for her research on women and NIH and FDA medical research polices.

Education

• BB.S., 1988, University of Houston
• M.A., 1990, University of Houston
• Ph.D., 1995, University of Houston

Positions

• Instructor, 1991-93, University of Houston
• Assistant Professor, 1994-2001, Purchase College, SUNY
• Associate Professor, 2001-present, Purchase College, SUNY

Areas of Expertise
Social welfare policy; medical research policy; health care policy; women and health care policy; women and pubic policy; feminist theory.

Honors and Awards
United University Professions Affirmative Action reseach grant, 1998;National Science Foundation Research Planning Grant, 1997-98; President's Award for Junior Faculty Development, 1997, Purchase College, SUNY; Affiliates Grant, 1997, Purchase College, SUNY; AAUW American Fellowship, 1993-94.

Research Interests
Present research interests include investigating NIH and FDA medical research policies - How and why they were changed in the early 1990s to include women as subjects, and the contemporary women's health movement.

Publications

Books

Baird, Karen L. Gender Justice and the Health Care System. Garland Publishing, New York. 1998.