Contact and Bio Information
James Baker
Current Position:
Banting Postdoctoral Fellow
Sector:
Academic – Graduate Student or Postdoctoral Fellow
Institutional Affiliation:
McMaster University
Location:
Ontario
Expertise:
- Settlement and Service Provision
- Social and Cultural Integration
- Political and Civic Integration
- At-Risk Immigrants
Description:
James Baker is a critical and public sociologist with strong interdisciplinary training and interests whose work draws upon such areas as sociology, political science, psychology, history, and geography. He is currently a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at McMaster University. As a qualitative researcher, his academic work focuses on race/ethnicity, immigrants/refugees, and youth/adolescents. He also studies Newfoundland nationalism and identity within the context of youth.