Matthew Auer | |
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Dean of University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs | |
Assumed office July 1, 2017 |
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Dean of Faculty of Bates College | |
In office July 1, 2013 – July 1, 2017 |
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Personal details | |
Born | Matthew R. Auer |
Nationality | American |
Spouse(s) | Anne Auer |
Residence | Athens, Georgia, U.S. |
Alma mater |
Harvard University Tufts University Yale University |
Occupation | Academic administrator |
Profession |
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Website | http://spia.uga.edu/about/dean |
Matthew "Matt" R. Auer is an American academic administrator and environmental scholar. Auer served as the dean of faculty and vice president for academic affairs at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine before being appointed the current Dean of the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs in Athens, Georgia; he assumed office on July 1, 2017.
Auer had also previously served as the Dean of the Hutton Honors College at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a professor at the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
Auer earned an AB in Anthropology, magna cum laude, from Harvard College in 1988, a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and a Ph.D. in Forestry and Environmental Studies from Yale University in 1996.
He is the former Dean of the Hutton Honors College at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. At Indiana University, he taught environmental policy, public policy, and public administration at Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs.