Richard Bauer, who teaches in the Information Science and Technology department at Cabrini, has been recently hired as a full associate professor this fall semester. Bauer served as an adjunct professor since fall 2002 and is excited to be teaching full-time at Cabrini.
While teaching at the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., Bauer met the IST department chair Dr. Rocco Paolucci. When Bauer and Paolucci talked about the direction IST at Cabrini should be pursuing, “There was a true melting of two minds,” Bauer said. Paolucci and Bauer were on the same page as to how students should be taught.
Bauer teaches four undergraduate IST classes, which include: information management and technology, information programming and languages, computer information sciences and ystems analysis.
Bauer was born in North Carolina into a military family. He has lived all over the world because his father was assigned to different locations.
Bauer pointed out how the field of technology used to be a male-dominated field. He was happy to see bright, young, and motivated young women at Cabrini determined to succeed in the technology field.
Bauer specializes in the management of technology in an educational environment. He strives to show his students how technology permeates every aspect of every career. When students enter the workforce there will be constant competition in our new economy. Students who can effectively and efficiently use technology will have the edge.
“There is more to the Internet than instant messenger and e-mail,” Bauer said. He tries to get this point across so that his students can learn how vital technology is used in our daily lives. He tries to get students to question the information on the Internet as to its’ validity and trustworthiness. He tries to show them the points where technology, people and the government meet.
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