Hayley Baker, PhD

Assistant Professor

Contact Information (coming soon)

hayley.baker@uwo.ca

Education

  • PhD (Western University)
  • MA (Western University)
  • BA Hons (York University)
  • BEd (York University)

Research In Profile

Professor Hayley Baker’s scholarly interests include leadership, gender, and sport. Her research has focused on addressing the underrepresentation of women coaches at Canadian universities by exploring normalized institutional practices and processes. More recently, she has examined the implementation of gender-based violence policies in universities and the institutional responses to gender-based violence within Canadian university sport.

Featured Publications and Projects

Doctoral Thesis

  • Finn, H. (2022). Exploring the Underrepresentation of Women Coaches in Canadian University Sport (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Western Ontario, Canada).

Chapters and Reports

  • Gardiner, R., Chisholm, J., & Finn, H. (2021). Translating gender-based sexual violence policies into practice: Mapping ruling relations through institutional ethnography. Invited submission. In Stead, V., Elliott, C. & Mavin, S. (Eds.) Handbook of research methods on gender and management (pp. 86-101). Cheltenham, UK & Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • Gardiner, R. A., & Finn, H. (2023). Implementing gender-based violence policies in the neoliberal university: challenges and contradictions. Gender in Management: An International Journal, 38(2), 215-229.
  • Fox-Kirk, W., Gardiner, R. Finn, H., & Chisholm, J. (2020). Genderwashing: The myth of equality, Human Resource Development International, 23(5), 586-597.
  • Gardiner, R., Shockness, M., Almquist, J., & Finn, H. (2019). Politics versus policies: Fourth wave feminist critiques of higher education’s response to sexual violence. Journal of Women and Leadership in Higher Education, 12(3), 319-336.
  • Finn, H., Gardiner, R. & Bruijns, L. (2018). Winning at all cost: Gender, sport and violence. Gender Forum, 70, 26-39.

Current Grants and Research Projects

  • Misener, L. & Baker, H. (2024). Understanding Abuse Free Sport Policies and Programs in Interuniversity Sport. Abuse Free Sport Research Grant Program. $60,000.