{"id":65389,"date":"2013-05-13T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=65389"},"modified":"2017-11-03T14:27:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:27:41","slug":"matthew-auer-vpaa-dean-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2013\/05\/13\/matthew-auer-vpaa-dean-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Auer, Indiana University honors dean, named Bates College vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matthew R. Auer becomes vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Bates on July 1. Photograph by Kendall Reeves.<\/p><\/div>\n

Bates President A. Clayton Spencer announced today that Matthew R. Auer will become dean of the faculty and vice president of academic affairs, effective July 1.<\/p>\n

Auer, dean of the Hutton Honors College and professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University, succeeds Pamela J. Baker \u201969, Helen A. Papaioanou Professor of Biological Sciences and longtime faculty leader at Bates.<\/p>\n

\u201cMatthew Auer is a leading scholar and globally engaged expert in the arenas of environmental policy, energy policy, sustainable development and foreign aid,\u201d Spencer said, in announcing the appointment. \u201cHe is also a dynamic and effective academic leader who has focused his energies on improving programs for undergraduates at Indiana University, first as director of undergraduate programs in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and for the past five years as dean of the Hutton Honors College. I am so pleased that we have found a scholar, teacher and collaborative leader of Matt\u2019s stature to lead our faculty in this time of great challenge and promise in higher education.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe curriculum\u2019s academic rigor is legendary and its action-oriented, self-reflective approach to experiential learning is path-breaking,\u201d Auer said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI am thrilled and honored to join Bates,\u201d said Auer. \u201cBates has been on my radar screen for years. The faculty of talented teacher-scholars is dedicated to the personal and intellectual development of the college\u2019s diverse student population. The curriculum\u2019s academic rigor is legendary and its action-oriented, self-reflective approach to experiential learning is path-breaking. Bates\u2019 faculty enters a period of major generational renewal in the short years ahead even as higher education is transformed by new technological, pedagogical and curricular innovations. It\u2019s an exciting time to lead the faculty, and I can\u2019t wait to get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Auer has authored or co-authored more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on environmental policy. His paper, \u201cCommunication and Competition in Environmental Studies,\u201d published in Policy Sciences<\/i> in 2010, earned the Harold D. Lasswell award for best article in that journal. His edited 2004 volume Restoring Cursed Earth: Appraising Environmental Policy Reforms in Eastern Europe and Russia <\/i>was nominated for the International Studies Association\u2019s Sprout Award for best book in global environmental studies. Auer has taught since 1996 at Indiana University, where he has earned numerous teaching awards, including IU\u2019s highest honor for instruction, the President\u2019s Award for Excellence in Teaching.<\/p>\n

Auer has served in a variety of public policy roles at national and international levels. He was senior adviser to the U.S. Forest Service from 2001 to 2006, and during that time was a member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Forum on Forests and to the International Tropical Timber Council. For more than 20 years he has developed, implemented and evaluated energy and environmental aid programs for the U.S. Agency for International Development and for foreign aid agencies in, among other countries, Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, Poland, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.<\/p>\n

Auer has raised academic standards in the honors college and aligned the college\u2019s course offerings with the university\u2019s revamped general education requirements.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At Indiana University\u2019s Hutton Honors College, which offers a rigorous academic experience for undergraduates within the larger research university, Auer leads a staff of 19 professionals. He is the college\u2019s principal recruiter of faculty who teach hundreds of honors courses in various units at IU. He has raised academic standards in the honors college and aligned the college\u2019s course offerings with the university\u2019s revamped general education requirements. Auer has also raised resources for study abroad programs and helped develop an undergraduate research scholarship program at IU.<\/p>\n

Auer received a doctorate in forestry and environmental studies from Yale University in 1996. His other academic degrees include an M.S. (1994) and M.Phil. (1993) from Yale, a master\u2019s from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (1990) and an A.B. magna cum laude in anthropology from Harvard University (1988).<\/p>\n

Auer\u2019s appointment culminates a national search carried out by a search advisory committee composed of faculty, staff and the president. The search included visits to campus by finalists, who spoke in large forums and small meetings about their research interests, administrative experience and vision. Auer\u2019s visit received an overwhelmingly positive response from the Bates community.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am grateful to Pam Baker for her leadership of the Bates faculty and her partnership during my first year at Bates,\u201d said Spencer. \u201cI am also grateful to the faculty and staff who worked with such dedication on this search, and whose vision for the college has led us to this outstanding appointment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Auer will come to Bates with his wife Anne and their 12-year-old twins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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