Jane Barker
Associate Dean
Professor

Dr. Jane Barker

She/her/hers

Biography

Dr. Jane Barker completed her graduate training in Clinical Psychology and joined Nipissing University in 2003. She has extensive experience working with individuals who have come in conflict with the law, having worked in a number of Federal Correctional Institutions including the Prison for Women in Kingston, and later at the Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener, Ontario. Dr. Barker has co-edited a textbook entitled, “Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Canadian Perspective” which has been adopted at a number of Universities and Colleges across Canada, and is currently in its third edition, with work on a fourth edition underway.

Positions

Associate Dean
Faculty of Arts and Science
Full-time Faculty
Faculty of Education and Professional Studies - School of Criminal Justice

Education

PhD, Clinical Psychology, Queen's University
1997
MA, Psychology, Queen's University
1990
BA(hons), Psychology, McMaster University
1988
Areas of specialization
Criminalized Women

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate Programs

  • Criminal Justice

Research

Research Interests

  • Criminalized Women

Collaborations / Affiliations

  • Campus Student Mental Health Committee (CSMHC)
  • Academic Regulations and Curriculum Committee

Publications

Books

Barker, J.E. & Tavcer, D.S. (Eds.). (2023). Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Canadian Perspective 3rd edition. Toronto: Emond Publications Ltd. Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Canadian Perspective, 3rd Edition | Emond Publishing 

Barker, J.E. & Tavcer, D.S. (Eds.). (2018). Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Canadian Perspective 2ndedition. Toronto: Emond Publications Ltd.  

Barker, J.E. (Ed.). (2009). Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Canadian Perspective. Toronto: Emond Montgomery Publications Ltd. 

 

Articles/Chapters  

Barker, J.E. (2026). Pen and Ink – A Neverending Story. In K. Ferguson & L. Kruk (Eds.), Psychologies of Mothering: Literature and Literacy. Demeter Press. Demeter Press | Psychologies of Mothering: Literacy and Literature

Brown, G.P., Greco, C., Barker, J., McMillan, K., Tiersma, G., Wardrop, K., & Stewart, L.A. (2023). Returns to Custody and Successful Releases: Comparison of Findings from Two Qualitative Studies of Federal Releases (Research Report R-454). Ottawa, Ontario: Correctional Service of Canada.  Returns to Custody and Successful Releases: Comparison of Findings from Two Qualitative Studies of Federal Releases - Canada.ca

Millar, P.E., & Barker, J. E. (2020). Gender and academic promotion to full professor in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 45(1), 47-70.  

Barker, J.E. (2023). Witch Hunt – The Media’s Obsession with One Infamous Canadian. In L. Rumson & A. Bentham (Eds.), Divergent Women: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Female Deviance and Dissent. Emerald Publishing.  

Barker, J. (2022). Prison populations in focus. In K. O’Regan & S. Reid (Eds.), Thinking About Criminal Justice in Canada, 3rd edition. Emond Publications Ltd. 

Barker, J.E. & Tavcer, D.S. (2018). Substance Use and Abuse: The Role that Drugs and Alcohol Play in the Lives of Criminalized Women. In D. Gosse (Ed.), About Face: Essays on Recovery, Therapy, and Controversies of Addictions in Canada. St John’s: Breakwater Books Ltd 47-70.