Renee Bauer PhD, MS, RN

Bauer’s expertise is in psychiatric nursing and for the majority of her 12 years at State, she has taught the course in mental health nursing, a fielding subject for the former psychiatric nurse for children and adolescents. After graduating from high school, Bauer attempted college for the first time as a first-generation student. Though her first attempt at higher education didn’t work, once she started her family and wanted more for herself intellectually, Bauer made up her mind and enrolled at Indiana State at the age of 28. Once she found nursing, it was time to choose a specialty. Bauer originally selected obstetric nursing and working with laboring moms. That is until she had upperclassmen friends working at a new psychiatric hospital that caught her attention. She would end up working primarily as a psychiatric nurse for adolescents and children. Bauer found a perfect match in Indiana State, where faculty from the top down are groomed to be involved with and aid students along their college experience – and often beyond.