Patricia Thomas Bauer, recipient of the USF Jean Key Gates Distinguished Alumni Award for 2007, is a Florida native who earned her BA in Education from Stetson University, her MA in Library Science from the University of South Florida and her PhD in Library and Information Studies from Florida State University.
Dr. Bauer served as a classroom teacher for 10 years and school media specialist for 15 years before joining the SLIS faculty at USF in 1999. She has been active in community and professional organizations which offer opportunities to serve as an advocate for quality library service for children in both school and public library settings.
Currently Dr. Bauer serves on the Board of Directors of the Pinellas Public Library Cooperative, the Literacy Council of Upper Pinellas, and Volunteers for Adult Literacy in Florida. Since her retirement from full time teaching she is an adjunct professor for the USF School of Library and Information Science. Pat lives in Dunedin with Tom Bauer, her husband of 40 years. Their son, Edward Bauer, is an attorney in Tallahassee.
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