Books By Joe Baker - Author

Joe Baker is an Associate Professor and head of the Lifespan Health and Performance Laboratory in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science, at York University, Canada. He has also held visiting researcher/professor positions in the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany. His research considers the varying influences on optimal human development, ranging from issues affecting athlete development and skill acquisition to barriers and facilitators of successful aging. Joe is author/editor of 6 other books including the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Sport Expertise (with Damian Farrow). He has authored more than 150 peer reviewed articles and book chapters Parissa Safai?is an Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Science in the Faculty of Health at York University.?Her research interests focus on the critical study of sport at the intersection of risk, health and healthcare.?This includes research on sports’ "culture of risk", the development and social organization of sport and exe