Miami University

Hallie Baker   bakerhe@muohio.edu Curriculum Vitae

Hallie completed her doctoral studies and graduated in August 2009. Later that month, she began work as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Muskingum University. Her responsibilities include teaching courses in a new “traditional” nursing undergraduate program and an adult learners RN to BSN program.

Hallie’s research focuses on aging with a disability, trends in long-term care, and research ethics. Her dissertation research titled, “A Life Course Disability Model for Understanding Aging with a Chronic Condition,” integrated a life course perspective with models of disability to better conceptualize aging with a disability or chronic condition across the life span. The resulting life course model of disability was tested using polio survivors to predict later life health outcomes.

While at Miami, Hallie served on the Academic Program Review Committee and on the Institutional Review Board (human subjects protection) for which she completed almost 200 reviews. Service on this committee allowed her to develop both a passion for research ethics and an interest in future research on bias, specifically ageism, among IRB committee members. Hallie also maintains her status as a Licensed Social Worker in the State of Ohio. 

Research Agenda

Philosophy of Education

Selected Publications

H. Baker, J.K. Straker, M. Deacon (2009. Technology in Ohio Nursing Homes: A Report on the State of the Art. Oxford, OH: Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University.

Applebaum, R., Wellin, V., Mehdizadeh, S., Brown, J.S., McGrew, K., Manning, L, Menne, H, Brown Wilson, K, Johnson, J., Baker, H., & Chow, K., (2009) An Evaluation of the Assisted Living Medicaid Waiver Program Scripps Gerontology Center: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Straker, J.K, Chow, K., Mwangi, S., & Baker, H. (2009) Implementation of the 2008 Ohio Nursing Home Family Satisfaction Survey: Final Report Scripps Gerontology Center: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

 

Selected Presentations

“Later Life Effects of Polio: Only Aging or Something Else?” H.E. Baker, 62st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta GA, November 23, 2009

“Family Comments on Nursing Homes: A Longitudinal Analysis of Four Waves of Family Satisfaction Data” S. Mwangi, H.E. Baker, 62st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Atlanta GA, November 23, 2009

“Adding Real Life to an Introductory Gerontology Course: Simple Group Activities That Can Assist in Aiding Students to Identify with the Forces That Shape Later Life.” H.E. Baker AGHE Annual Meeting and Educational Leadership Conference, San Antonio, Texas; February 27, 2009