David P. Baker

Baker earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from Johns Hopkins University, an M.S. in Communication Research from Boston University, and a B.A. in Psychology from Albion College.{{cite web|url=https://pop.psu.edu/people/dpb4 |title=David P. Baker - Population Research Institute |publisher=Pennsylvania State University |access-date=February 3, 2025}}

Baker is a professor of Sociology, Education, and Demography at Pennsylvania State University. He has published extensively on the sociology of education, analyzing how formal education contributes to economic growth, social mobility, and knowledge production. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals.{{cite journal|last=Baker|first=David P.|title=The Educational Transformation of Global Culture |journal=American Sociological Review |date=2020|volume=85|issue=3|pages=451–75 |doi=10.1177/0003122420912426|doi-broken-date=24 May 2025 }}

Baker's recent work focuses on the historical relationship between education and scientific knowledge. His book, Global Mega-Science: Universities, Research Collaborations, and Knowledge Production, co-authored with Justin J.W. Powell, examines how universities drive scientific advancement.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=David P.|title=Global Mega-Science: Universities, Research Collaborations, and Knowledge Production|publisher=Stanford University Press|year=2024|isbn=978-1503637894}} This book, along with its companion, The Century of Science: The Gloabl Triumph of the Research University (Powell, Baker & Fernandez, Eds.; Emerald, 2017) analyze the expansion of higher education and its impact on research collaborations and scientific discovery. This work has been cited by policymakers and international education organizations.{{cite web|url=https://www.oecd.org/education/research-baker-higher-education |title=Higher Education and Global Science |publisher=OECD |access-date=February 3, 2025}}

Baker's 2014 book The Schooled Society: The Educational Transformation of Global Culture has been reviewed in the American Journal of Sociology.{{cite journal|last=Reviewer|title=Review of The Schooled Society|journal=American Journal of Sociology|date=2014|volume=120|issue=1|pages=225–227|jstor=26542415|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26542415}} Additionally, his contributions to educational sociology have been referenced in Research in Sociology of Education.{{cite book|title=Educational Sociology and Comparative Education|publisher=Springer|year=2015|chapter=Influences on Schooling Worldwide|doi=10.1007/0-387-36424-2_16 |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/0-387-36424-2_16}}

Baker's research has also been cited in major education policy reports by organizations like the OECD and UNESCO, recognizing his work in shaping educational frameworks worldwide.{{cite web|url=https://www.unesco.org/en/education/research-impact-baker|title=David P. Baker's Work in Education Policy|publisher=UNESCO|access-date=February 3, 2025}}

• George Sarton Chair and Medal: In 2023–24, Baker was awarded the George Sarton Chair and Medal in the History of Science by the University of Ghent in Belgium. This honor acknowledges his leadership in researching the growth of global mega-science and the scientization of world culture from 1900 to the present.{{cite web|url=https://www.psu.edu/news/liberal-arts/story/david-baker-receives-university-ghents-sarton-chair-and-medal |title=David Baker Receives University of Ghent's Sarton Chair and Medal |publisher=Penn State News |access-date=February 3, 2025}}
• AERA Outstanding Book Award: His book, The Schooled Society: The Educational Transformation of Global Culture, received the 2015 Outstanding Book Award from the American Educational Research Association, recognizing its contribution to educational research.{{cite book|url=https://www.sup.org/books/sociology/schooled-society |title=The Schooled Society – Stanford University Press |date=23 July 2014 |publisher=SUP |isbn=978-0-8047-9047-5 |access-date=February 3, 2025}}
• Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY): The same book also earned a Silver Medal in the Education Commentary/Theory category in 2015.{{cite book|url=https://www.sup.org/books/sociology/schooled-society |title=The Schooled Society – Stanford University Press |date=23 July 2014 |publisher=SUP |isbn=978-0-8047-9047-5 |access-date=February 3, 2025}}

• Baker, D. P. (2024). Global Mega-Science: Universities, Research Collaborations, and Knowledge Production. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-1503637894.
• Baker, D. P. (2014). The Schooled Society: The Educational Transformation of Global Culture. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804790475.
• Baker, D. P., & LeTendre, G. K. (2005). National Differences, Global Similarities: World Culture and the Future of Schooling. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804750219.

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• [https://www.ed.psu.edu/directory/dr-david-baker Penn State Profile]
• {{google scholar id |rZsAGT4AAAAJ}}
• [https://www.brookings.edu/research/david-baker Brookings Institution Profile]
• [https://www.ugent.be/en/ghentuniv/news-events/david-baker-george-sarton-chair Ghent University Announcement]

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