Post-Graduate, Fellow in Labor and Population, RAND Corporation, 2010-12.
Ph.D. Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University, 2010.
M. A. Applied Demography, Bowling Green State Univsersity, 2006.
B. A. Sociology and Psychology, cum laude, Bowling Green State University, 2003.
A. A. General Concentration, Owens State Community College, 2000

Research and Teaching: Immigration, Health Disparities, Demography, Quantitative Methods, Marriage and the Family, Gender

Recent Publications:                                                                                                                            

Van Hook, Jennifer, Elizabeth Baker, Claire Altman, and Michelle Frisco. 2012. “Canaries in a Coalmine: Immigration and Obesity among Mexican Children of Immigrants.” Social Science and Medicine 74:125-134.

Van Hook, Jennifer and Elizabeth Baker 2010. "Big Boys and Little Girls: Gender, Acculturation, and Weight Among Young Children of Immigrants." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 51: 200-214.

Jones, Antwan, Angelika Gulbis, and Elizabeth Baker 2010. "Differences in Tobacco Use between Canada and the United States."  International Journal of Public Health 55:167-175.    

Baker, Elizabeth, Kelly Stamper Balistreri, Jennifer Van Hook 2009.  “Maternal Employment and Overweight among Hispanic Children of Immigrants and Children of Natives.”  The Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 11:1557-1912.

Baker, Elizabeth, Laura Sanchez, Steve Nock, and James Wright 2009.  “Covenant Marriage and the Sanctification of Gendered Marital Issues” Journal of Family Issues 30:147-178.

Van Hook, Jennifer, Elizabeth Baker, and Claire Altman, 2009. “Does it begin at school or home?  The institutional origins of overweight among young children of immigrants.” Pp. 205-224 in Immigration, Diversity, and Education, edited by Elena L. Grigorenko and Ruby Takanishi. London: Routledge