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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2003-02-10 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-03-10 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004163b.htm person Barker Joanna Mary AACR2 20 January 1942 Place of Birth New Zealand Occupational therapist Educator Jo Baker is known for a number of firsts in the field of Occupational Therapy, she was the first Australian President of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (1986 - 1990), the first person to receive a PhD in Occupational therapy in Australia and the first female member of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital board. 1959 1960 Career position - Occupational Therapy Assistant at Napier Public Hospital, New Zealand 1963 1963 Career position - Occupational Therapist at Wellington Public Hospital, New Zealand 1964 1965 Career position - Occupational Therapist at Lower Hutt Hospital, New Zealand 1966 1967 Career position - Occupational Therapist-in-charge at Whakatine Hospital, New Zealand 1969 1969 Life event - Settled in Australia 1969 1971 Career position - Staff Occupational Therapist at Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia 1971 1972 Career position - Senior Occupational Therapist at Claremont Hospital Mental Health Services, Western Australia 1972 1975 Career position - Occupational Therapist-in-charge at Swanbourne/Graylands Hospital, Western Australia 1975 1979 Career position - Principal Occupational Therapist with Mental Health Services of Western Australia 1979 1993 Career position - Professor and Head of School of Occupational Therapy at Curtin University of Technology (formerly Head of School of Occupational Therapy at Western Australian Institute of Technology) 1988 1988 Career position - Professorial Chair of Occupational Therapy at Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia 1991 1994 Career position - Director of International Programs in the Division of Health Sciences at Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia 1994 1994 Career position - Dean (academic affairs) of the Division of Health Sciences at Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia 1995 1998 Career position - Dean of Programs at John Curtin International Institute, Western Australia 2000 Career position - Professor and Dean of the Scenario Planning and Research Unit at the Graduate School of Business at Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia Barker, Joanna Mary (1942-)

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 'Barker, Joanna Mary (Jo)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Barker, Joanna Mary (Jo) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 2001 Herd, Margaret Who's who in Australia 2001 38 Melbourne Crown Content 2001