Eileen Baldry

Eileen Baldry AO FASSA FRSN (BA, DipEd, MWP, PhD) is an Professor Emerita of Criminology at UNSW where she has been an academic since 1993. She has taught social policy, social development and criminology over the past two decades. Eileen held senior positions in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, serving as Associate Dean Education (ADE) (2007 to mid-2010), Deputy Dean (mid-2010 to mid-2015), Interim Dean (2015-2017) and was the inaugural UNSW Deputy Vice Chancellor Equity Diversity and Inclusion (2017-2022) and the first woman to hold a DVC position at UNSW.

In 2016 Eileen was named as one of the inaugural PLuS Alliance Fellows in Social Justice. She has been President of the Community Restorative Centre, Deputy Chair NSW Disability Council, is Chair NSW Ageing & Disability Commission Advisory Board and Deputy Chair of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC).

Eileen’s research and publications focus on social justice matters and include mental health and cognitive disability in the criminal justice system; education, training and employment for prisoners and ex-prisoners; homelessness and transition from prison; Indigenous social work; community development and social housing; and disability services. She has been and is a Chief investigator on numerous Australian Research Council (ARC), NH&MRC, Housing and Criminology grants over the past 25 years. In 2009, the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW recognised Eileen's “indefatigable” support for justice-related causes by awarding her its highest honour: the Justice Medal. She was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2021.