Christine Baker-Smith

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ecb2125@columbia.edu

212-854-0435

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Affiliation

Program Coordinator, Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences Program
Research Assistant, Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences Program
Codirector, Center for Research on Education, Engagement, and Development

Research

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A graduate of Whitman College (B.A. Sociology) and Stanford University's School of Education (M.A. Sociology/Policy of Education), and a 3^rd year EdM candidate at Teachers College in Leadership, Politics and Policy, Christine Baker-Smith works at ISERP in three capacities: as Co-Director of the Center for Research on Education, Engagement and Development, Program Coordinator of the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences degree program, and researcher working primarily with Christopher Weiss. In her work with ISERP she was the former Program Coordinator of the Oral History Masters Program and was involved in the program's development. As a researcher, Christine's interests focuses on sociological issues of inequality and social stratification, a focus that has led her to spend significant time examining the national system of education and its effects on these issues today.

Publications

Weiss, C. and Baker-Smith, E.C. (2009). “Assessing the Civic Attitudes and Participation of Urban Elementary Students.” Journal of Youth Development 4 (2).
Weiss, C., Carolan, B. and Baker-Smith, E.C. (2009). “Big School, Small School: (Re)Testing Assumptions about High School Size, School Engagement and Mathematics Achievement.” Journal of Youth and Adolescence TBD/TBD
Weiss, C., Baker-Smith, E.C., 2010. (Forthcoming). “Eighth grade school form and resilience in the transition to high school: A comparison of middle schools and K-8 schools.” Journal of Research on Adolescence.
Weiss, C. and Baker-Smith, E.C. 2007. Advances in Life-Course Research: Interpersonal Relations Across the Life Course. Chapter 2: Macrostructural Conditions of Interpersonal Relationships: How Schools and Schooling Shape Interactions from Early to Late Adolescence.” Eds.Timothy J. Owens and J. Jill Suitor. Macmillan India Ltd: Bangalore.
Baker-Smith, E.C. 2007. “Review: Narrowing the Literacy Gap: What Works in High Poverty Schools,” author: Barone, D.M. Guilford Press; published by Arizona State University Press Education Review.
Baker-Smith, E.C. and Melia Repko. 2006. “Bridging the Gap Between Social Services and Schools.” Roosevelt Review 2 (1).

Selected Invited Presentations

Weiss, C.W. and E.C. Baker-Smith. (2009). Combining service-learning and civic-engagement: Can Community and Student Development be Accomplished at the Same Time? Presented at International Research Conference on Service-learning and Community Engagement, Ottawa, Canada.
Weiss, C.W. and E.C. Baker-Smith. (2009). Long-term Transition Effects in High School. Presented at Annual Meetings of Sociology of Education Association, Monterrey, CA.
Weiss, C.W. and E.C. Baker-Smith. (2009). Added Educational Costs of Juvenile Arrests to Communities. Presented at Annual Meetings of American Education Finance Association, Nashville, TN.
Weiss, C.W. and E.C. Baker-Smith. (2009). Exploring the Theoretical Parameters of Student Engagement in Learning. Presented at Annual Meetings of American Education Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Weiss, C.W. and E.C. Baker-Smith. (2008). High School Size and Mathematics Achievement. Presented at Annual Meetings of American Education Finance Association, Denver, CO.
Weiss, C.W. and E.C. Baker-Smith. (2008b). Examining the Effect of Eighth Grade School Type on High School Trajectories. Presented at Annual Meetings of National Council on Measurement in Education, New York, NY.
Weiss, C.W. and E.C. Baker-Smith. (2007). Urban Students’ Risks and Academic Consequences of Incarceration. Presented at Annual Meetings of the American Education Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Weiss, C.W. and E.C. Baker-Smith. (2007b).Eighth Grade School Form and Resilience in the Transition to High School: A Comparison of Middle Schools and K-8 Schools. Presented at Annual Meetings of the American Education Finance Association, Baltimore, MD.
Farrington, K. and E.C. Baker-Smith. (2003). A Review of Community Efforts Legislated by RCW 70.190.110, as related to The Population of Persons Convicted of Child Abuse in the Community of Walla Walla, Washington. Walla Walla, WA: Walla Walla Community Network.