Bauer Receives Director’s Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research

Elizabeth Bauer, a junior communication and English double major from Wardsville, Mo., was awarded the Director's Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research for her paper "West Java Forestry: Conflicting Ideologies of Sustainable Forestry." She wrote her paper under the direction of Wolfgang Hoeschele, associate professor of geography, as part of JINS 336 - Environment: South and Southeast Asian Forest, during the fall 2005 semester.

Bauer's paper discusses the sustainable and unsustainable forestry practices in the montane forest regions of the Indonesian island of Java. She researched studies of forestry in Java that stem from two viewpoints: environmental conservationists and the indigenous people of Java. She then argued that these groups must unite their forestry ideologies to ensure successful forest conservation. Her research was recognized from a pool of approximately 640 students.

Bauer is the daughter of JoAnne and Henry Bauer. She is a member of the Truman Conduct Board, which hears cases of University policy violations and determines appropriate sanctions. She is also a member of national communication honor fraternity Lambda Pi Eta. She has worked as a public relations committee member and volunteered at fund-raisers as a member of National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and, as a member of Campus Pals, she volunteers weekly to mentor a Kirksville community child.