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Auer, Matthew R.
Professor, and Director,
Undergraduate Programs
School of Public and Environmental Affairs
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1315 East Tenth St
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
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Phone: (812) 855-4944 E-mail: mauer@indiana.edu
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Matthew R. Auer is professor and director of undergraduate programs at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University. He is also editor-in-chief of the public policy journal, Policy Sciences. Prof. Auer has published widely in the public policy and environmental policy literatures. He has authored more than 40 refereed articles and book chapters.
Prof. Auer has taught at Indiana University since 1996 where he has earned more than ten teaching awards, including the President's Award for Teaching Excellence.
For more than 15 years, Prof. Auer has helped U.S. federal agencies formulate, implement, and appraise foreign aid programs dealing with environmental protection, environmental and energy technology policy, and sustainable development. For the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other agencies, he has developed and administered energy and environmental programs, served as a technical expert in international environmental negotiating fora, conducted end-of-program energy and environmental audits, and surveyed program beneficiaries and implementers.
In his role as senior adviser to the U.S. Forest Service and as a member of the U.S. delegation to the International Tropical Timber Organization, Prof. Auer approved over one-half million dollars of USG aid resources to developing countries for forest management and conservation projects. Between 2001 and 2005, he participated on the U.S. delegation to the UN Forum on Forests. At annual meetings of the forum, he negotiated global-scale, legally non-binding arrangements governing aid for the forest sector.
Prof. Auer has also served on or led accreditation teams that have evaluated academic programs in public affairs and public administration in countries as diverse as the United Arab Emirates and Macedonia.
Prof. Auer earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in biological anthropology, 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.
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