ABBREVIATED VITA

							                                ABBREVIATED VITA
JOSEPH A. BAUST, SR.
Director/Professor, Center for Environmental Education
Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education
320 Alexander Hall
Murray State University
Murray, KY
Phone: 270-809-2747

AWARDS
Earth Day Award 2008 – KY Environmental Quality Commission
Walter E. Jeske Award 2007 – North American Association for Environmental Education
       (Highest International Award for Environmental Education)
Nominated for the Walter E. Jeske Award 2006 – North American Association for
       Environmental Education
President’s Award – Kentucky Association for Environmental Education – 2004
Max Carmen Outstanding Teaching Award 1994 (MSU Student Government Assoc.)
Recognized by ACORN Award for Outstanding University Teaching in Kentucky 1994
Regents Award for Outstanding Teaching 1993
NEA-SP Award for Outstanding Teacher of the Year, 1989-90
Outstanding Service Award, Plzen, Czechoslovakia, 1988
Service Award to the City of Bor, Czechoslovakia, 1988

ACADEMIC DEGREES
Ed.D. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1976
M.Ed. Memphis State University, 1971,
B.S.E. Murray State University, 1970, Elementary Education

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/TRAINING
2008 Trained in the Earth Force Approach, Bowling Green, Kentucky (February 2008).
2008 Adventure Experiences Low Ropes Challenge Course Recertification.
2006 Trained in Sharing Nature with Children & Joseph Cornell, Brandon Spring Group
       Camp, Dover, Tennessee.
2000 Trained by Project Adventure in Peacemaking Adventure Curriculum
1999-Present Director of the Bregenz, Austria Environmental Program, Kentucky
       Institute for International Studies.
1999-Present – Chairperson, Higher Education Commission, North American
        Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), Washington, D.C.
1999-Present – Member of the Board, NAAEE, Washington, D.C.
1998 to Present - Co-Chairperson, Watershed Center, an interdisciplinary center with
        Hancock Biological Center, Center for Reservoir Research, Center for
        Environmental Education, Mid-America Remote Sensing Center, Chem. Services
        Laboratory, Murray State University.
1997 to Present Director - Center for Environmental Education, Murray State University.
1999 – Trained in Project Archeology
1998 - Trained as a Facilitator for the national Project Food, Land, and People Project.



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1998 - Trained as a Facilitator for the national, Aldo Leopold Project.
1997 - Trained as a Trainer for the national project, Water Education for Teachers (WET)
1996 - Trained as a Facilitator for the national projects, WILD, Aquatic WILD, Wild
        about Elk, and PLT(Project Learning Tree).
1995 - Professor, Elementary & Secondary Education, Murray State University.
1995 to 1996 - Appalachian Regional Laboratory Team Leader for training the national
       math & science standards.
1993- Trained by the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in “Nature Journaling”, Youth Station
        Land Between the Lakes, (TVA).
1993- Present Trained & Recertified in the use of “Challenge Course” by Challenges
       Unlimited, (Tim Kempf), Youth Station, Land Between the Lakes, (TVA).
1990 - Professor, Kentucky Institute for European Studies, Bregenz, Austria (Summer
        Program).
1992 -1997 -Sponsor: NEA-SP (National Education Association - Student Program).
1998 - Professor, Kentucky Institute for European Studies, Bregenz, Austria (Summer
       Program).
1985- Tenure, Murray State University.
1984- Associate Professor, Elementary and Secondary Education, Murray State
University, Murray, KY.
1978-83 Assistant Professor, Elementary and Secondary Education, Murray State
        University, Murray, KY.
1978 to Present, Member of the Graduate Faculty, Murray State University
1977-78 Associate Professor, Mathematics Education, Morehead State University,
       Morehead, KY.
1976-77 Assistant Professor, Armstrong State University, Savannah, GA.
1975-76 Instructor, Mathematics Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
1971-74 Classroom Elementary Teacher/ Mathematics Coordinator, Metropolitan Public
       Schools, Nashville, Tennessee.
1969 - 1971 Teacher, Presbyterian Day School, Memphis, TN.

Current Offices and Professional Memberships:
President/President-elect: Friends of Land Between the Lakes. 2008-2009
Chairperson: Four Rivers Watershed Watch, 1999-2008.
Co-Chair & Member: Arts and Culture Commission, North American Association for
       Environmental Education, 2007-present
Life Member – North American Association for Environmental Education. 2007.
President-elect, President, Past President – North American Association for
       Environmental Education. 2003-2005.
Board Member: Land Between the Lakes Association(Friends of LBL), U.S. Forest
       Service, 2000-2007.
Member: Advisory Board of the Land Between the Lakes (appointed by the U.S.
       Secretary of Agriculture) 2006-Present.
Board Member: Kentucky Association for Environmental Education, 2000-2002.
Chairperson: Higher Education Commission, North American Association for
       Environmental Education, 1999-2008.
Chairperson: Elementary & Secondary Commission. North American



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        Association for Environmental Education. 2006-2008
Organizing Member: Arts and Culture Commission. North American Association for
        Environmental Education. 2007-Present. (role has been to connect with
        musicians and book acts for our annual conference, e.g. Peter Yarrow
        of Peter, Paul & Mary, Pete Seeger, John McCutcheon, Josh White, Jr.)
Co-Chair: Operation Environmental Respect in conjunction with Operation
        Respect. (founded by Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary) 2007-Present.
Member: United Voices for Education. New York, NY. (founded by Peter Yarrow
        Of Peter, Paul and Mary. 2006-Present.
Member: Pre-service Environmental Education Task Force, North American
        Association for Environmental Education. 2007-Present.
Member: National Certification for Environmental Education, North American
        Association for Environmental Education. 2000-present.
Member: Grievance Committee. National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher
        Education, Washington, DC. 2005-2007.
Past-President: Kentucky Association for Environmental Education, 1999-2000.
President: Kentucky Association for Environmental Education, 1998-99.
President-Elect: Kentucky Association for Environmental Education, 1997-98
Member: Long Term Planning Committee, Kentucky Association for Environmental
         Education, 1998-99.
Member: Finance Committee, Kentucky Association for Environmental Education,
        1998-99.
Chairperson: 1998 Conference Committee to be held at Murray State University
         October 9-11, 1998.
Co-Editor: Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics Journal.
Member: Budget Committee, Kentucky Association for Environmental Education.
Member: Higher Education Committee to Construct the Master Plan for Environmental
        Education for the State of Kentucky, Kentucky Environmental Education Council.
Chairperson: Higher Education Committee to Recommend Ways to Encourage
        Collaboration Among Faculty in Various Disciplines and Develop a Model for
        Environmental Education Delivery at the Pre-service Level, Kentucky
        Environmental Education Council.
Ad Hoc Member: Committee to Develop Recommendations to the Kentucky Legislature
         pertinent to Environmental Education, 1997-98.
Editorial Board: Murray Magazine, 1998.
Board Member: Kentucky Association for Environmental Education, 1996-Present.
Board Member: Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1992-Present.

Current University Committees:
Chair: College of Education Promotion Committee (2007)
Member: Early Childhood and Elementary Education Tenure Committee
Member: Early Childhood and Elementary Education Promotion Committee

Memberships in Professional Organizations:
North American Association for Environmental Education
Kentucky Association for Environmental Education



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Sierra Club
Audubon Club
Friends of Land Between the Lakes

PRESENTATIONS:
Co-Presenter with Josh White, Jr. – A Live Musical and Photographic Program Using the
       Song – “It’s In Each One of Us.” North American Association for Environmental
       Education, 37th Annual Conference, Wichita, Kansas.
Co-Presenter with John Shortt: Connecting dance and environmental education. .” North
       American Association for Environmental Education, 37th Annual Conference,
       Wichita, Kansas.
Presenter: Nature Deficit Disorder. Murray Rotary Club, January, 2008.
Co-Presenter: Using the Environment as an Integrating Context – Lessons
       We Have Learned. Teacher Quality Summit, Council for Postsecondary
       Education, Louisville, KY. November, 2007.
Co-Presenter with Terry Wilson: Using Math and Science – Environmentally Speaking.
       36th Annual Conference of the North American Association for Environmental
       Education, Virginia Beach, Virginia. November 2007.
Co-Presenter and Moderator with Peter Yarrow, John McCutcheon, Joe Uehlein, Joe
       Lombardi, & John Shortt: Music Symposium, 36th Annual Conference of the
       North American Association for Environmental, November, 2007.
       Education, Virginia Beach, Virginia. November 2007.
Producer: Walter E. Jeske Video for the Awards Ceremony, 36th Annual Conference of
       The North American Association for Environmental, November, 2007.
Co-Presenter with John Shortt and Joe Lombardi: Folk Music for the Sponsors’
       Recognition Event. 36th Annual Conference of the North American Association
       for Environmental, November, 2007.
Producer: Yellowstone – Coming Home. (video/audio production). Opening Plenary of
       The 36th Annual Conference of the North American Association for
       Environmental Education. November 2007.
Co-Presenter: The Kentucky University Partnership for Environmental Education: A
       Model for Other States. 36th Annual Conference of the North American
       Association for Environmental, St. Paul, MN. November, 2007.
       Producer: An Interview with Pete Seeger. Opening Plenary of the 36th Annual
       Conference of the North American Association for Environmental, St. Paul, MN.
       November, 2007.
Presenter: Music to Connect Adults to the Concept of Leaving No Child Inside.
       Conference of the Child and Nature Network. St. Paul, Minnesota, October 2007.
Producer: Amazon. (video/audio production). Part of the Keynote by Cheryl Charles.
       The 35th Annual Conference of the North American Association for
       Environmental Education. St. Paul, MN. October 2006.
Presenter: “Flying WILD.” Kentucky Association for Environmental Education Special
        Program for Outdoor Classrooms, Mammoth Cave National Park, March, 2006.
Presenter: “Project Food Land and People.” Student Teaching Seminar, Murray State
        University, January, 2006.
Presenter: “Grantsmanship.” Kentucky Association for Environmental Education Special



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       Program held at Eastern Kentucky University, Carl Perkins Conference Center,
       January, 2006.
Co-Presenter: with T. Wilson. “Meeting the Math and Science Standards Using
        Environmental Education.” Title I Conference, West Kentucky Education
        Cooperative/Green River Education Cooperative, Owensboro, Fall, 2005.
Co-Presenter: “Comparing Austrian Sustainability Practices with the U.S. A Teacher’s
       Perspective.” 34th Annual Conference, North American Association for
       Environmental Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico. October 25-29, 2005;
Moderator: “EE Founders Series I: Rudy Schafer, Rick Wilke, Trudy Volk, Harold
       Hungerford.” 34th Annual Conference, North American Association for
       Environmental Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 25-29, 2005.
Moderator: “EE Founders Series II: Bora Simmons, Paul Hart, Rosanne Fortner.” 34th
       Annual Conference, North American Association for Environmental Education,
       Albuquerque, New Mexico. October 25-29, 2005.
Moderator: “EE Founders Series III: The Progress of EE – A Synthesis; Rudy Schafer,
       Rick Wilke, Trudy Volk, Harold Hungerford, Paul Hart. 34th Annual Conference,
       North American Association for Environmental Education, Albuquerque, New
       Mexico. October 25-29, 2005.
Presenter: “Presidential Diversity Symposium.” 34th Annual Conference, North American
       Association for Environmental Education, Albuquerque, New Mexico. October
       25-29, 2005.
Co-Presenter: “Global Sustainability.” (with Dr. Mike Kemp) International Education
       Week, Center for International Programs, Murray State University, Curris Center,
       October, 2005.
Presenter: “Keynote Speech.” East Kentucky Environmental Educators Conference:
        Bringing Core Content Outdoors, Environmental Education Across the
        Curriculum. Prestonsburg, KY September 20, 2005
Presenter: “Project Food Land and People.” Student Teaching Seminar, Murray State
       University, August, 2005.
Presenter: “Project WILD.” Student Teaching Seminar, Murray State University,
       August, 2005.
Co-Presenter with Jayne Crisp, Tim Heller “Bregenz Environmental Leadership
        Program.” Summer Retreat of the West Kentucky Education Cooperative,
        Sheraton Inn, Nashville, TN., June 29, 2005.
Co-Presenter with Terry Wilson, “Non-Point Source Pollution Institute.” Western
        Kentucky University, Owensboro, KY, June 27–July 1, 2005.
Co-Presenter: “Non-Point Source Pollution Institute.” Western Kentucky University,
        Owensboro, KY, June 27–July 1, 2005.
Presenter “Environmental Education and Connections to Math and Science.” East
        Kentucky PRIDE workshop, Prestonsburg, KY, February,20, 2005.
Presenter: Mathematics and the Environment. Regional Conference of the National
       Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2002.
Presenter: Environmental Education and NCATE. North American Association for
       Environmental Education, Little Rock, AK, October 2001.
Presenter: Connecting Math to Environmental Education. North American Association
       for Environmental Education, Little Rock, AK, October 2001.



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Presenter: Watershed Projects and Their Connections to School Subjects. North
       Association for Environmental Education, Little Rock, AK, October 2001.
Presenter: Watershed Projects and Their Connections to School Subjects. Kentucky
       Association for Environmental Education, Lake Cumberland, KY, October 2001.
Presenter: Integrating Science and Mathematics Using the Environment. NSTA
       Conference, St. Louis, MO, March, 2001.
Lead Presenter: Preservice Environmental Education in the U.S. Pre-Conference
       Workshop with Paulette Johnson, Rosalind McKeown, Bora Simmons, T. Volk,
       at North American Association for Environmental Education Conference, South
       Padre, Texas, October, 2000.
Co-Presenter: Kentucky’s Environmental Education Master Plan, at North American
       Association for Environmental Education Conference, South
       Padre, Texas, October, 2000.
Presenter: Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Their Environmental Ethic. Kentucky
       Association for Environmental Education, Jenny Wiley State Park, October, 2000.
Co-Presenter: Project WILD in Kentucky, North American Association for
       Environmental Education, Cincinnati, Ohio, August, 1999.
Co-Presenter: Project WILD Connections to Kentucky Education Reform and the
        Program of Studies. Presentationn at the North American Association for
        Environmental Education, Cincinnati, Ohio, August, 1999.
Presenter: Using Social Studies in an Environmental Context to work with Primary
        Gifted Children. Sharp Elementary In-service, Spring, 1999.
Presenter: A longitudinal study of post-test outcomes of environmental education
        experiences for undergraduates from 1989 to the present. International
Presentation of the North American Association for Environmental Education, Atlanta,
        GA, September, 1998.
Presenter: Songs and Stories. Nature Station’s Children’s Day, Land Between the Lakes,
       July, 1998.
Presenter: Hazardous Waste Education and Communication Findings. International
        Presentation of the North American Association for Environmental Education,
        Vancouver, BC, August, 1997.
Witness: TVA’s Land Between the Lakes, Environmental Education, and Youth Station:
        Testimony given to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment,
        Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Congress of the United States.
        June 21, 1997, Panel III.
Presenter Presenter: “Oh Deer, It’s Birds and Worms”, National Conference of the
        National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Boston, Mass., April, 1995
Presenter: “The Program: Synthesis of the Kentucky Association for Environmental
       Education Conference” Louisville, KY, (Multimedia production), October, 1993
Presenter: “Environmental Education and Mathematics/Science”, Youth Station, Land
       Between the Lakes(TVA), July, 1993.
Presenter: Environmental Education Week long Workshops, Summers of 1991, 1992,
       Youth Station, Land Between the Lakes, (TVA).
Presenter/Facilitator: Environmental Education for Preservice Elementary Teachers at
       Murray State University using Land Between the Lakes, 1988-present.
Presenter/Facilitator: Environmental Education for Preservice Secondary Majors at



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       Murray State University using Land Between the Lakes, 1990-present.
Presenter: “Making Use of Outdoor Environmental Education Facility”, Graves County
       Schools, Mayfield, Kentucky.
Presenter: “A Synopsis of Environmental Education Learning”, Fall and Spring, 1990,
       1991, 1992, 1993. (Multimedia Production)
Presenter: “Using Undergraduate Elementary Students to Instruct Inner City Children
       in Environmental Education”, Youth Station, Land Between the Lakes, (TVA).
Presenter: NCTM National Conferences in St Louis, Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco,
       Chicago, Orlando, Paducah, Nashville, Detroit, and numerous others over the past
       from 1978 - 1996.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
 “Teaching spatial relations through physical education/language arts activities”,
             (School Science and Mathematics).
“Are you average? Experimenting and seeing statistics”, Instructor Magazine.
“Spatial relations and young children”, Arithmetic Teacher.
More than 20 other publications.

PARTIAL LIST OF GRANTS/CONTRACTS:
Director: Center for Environmental Education. Kentucky Environmental Education
       Council, Frankfort, KY. 2008-2009. ($104,000)
Director: Change Over Time. Improving Teacher Quality V & VI, Council for
       Postsecondary Education, Frankfort, KY. 2007-2009. ($297,000).
Director: Embedded Professional Development. Improving Teacher Quality IV,
       Council for Postsecondary Education, Frankfort, KY. 2006-2007 ($140,000)
Director: Embedded Professional Environmental Education. Kentucky Environmental
       Education Council, Frankfort, KY. 2007-2008. ($117,000)
Director: Commonwealth Water Education Project. EPA Non-Point Source Pollution
       Grant. 2006-2008. ($37,500)
Director: Center for Teaching Excellence in Math and Science Using the Environment
       As an Integrating Context II. Fund for the Improvement of Education, U.S.
       Department of Education, Washington, D.C. 2004-Present. ($297,000)
Director: Capacity Building Using Environmental Education. U.S. EPA, Washington,
       D.C. 2002-2006. ($89,000)
Director: Center for Teaching Excellence in Math and Science Using the Environment
       As an Integrating Context. Fund for the Improvement of Education, U.S.
       Department of Education, Washington, D.C. 2002-2006. ($800,000)
Director: Project Watershed II. Improving Teacher Quality III. Council for
       Postsecondary Education, Frankfort, KY. 2005-2006. ($300,000).
Director: Project Watershed.Improving Teacher Quality II. Council for
       Postsecondary Education, Frankfort, KY. 2004-2005. ($300,000).
Director: Minigrant to provide instructional support for the teaching of the Teaching
       Mathematics Course for adjuncts in 4 off-campus sites, Murray State University,
       2000-2001, ($2,000)
Director: Preservice Environmental Education, EPA Grant, Atlanta, GA, 2000-2001,
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Director: Math and Science Across the Curriculum Using Environmental Education,
        Funded by the Council for Postsecondary Education,
        Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Program, 2000-2002, ($47,800).
Director: The Environment as an Integrating Context, Funded by the Council for
        Postsecondary Education, Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Program, 1999-
        2001, ($49,000).
Director: Project Watershed. Funded by the Council for Postsecondary Education,
         Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Program, 1999-2000, ($48,000).
Director: Creating Connections for Parents, At-Risk Children, and Schools Using
         Environmental Education. Funded by U.S. EPA - Washington, 1998-01,
        ($120,186).
Director: Project WILD Training Contract. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife
        Resources, 1999-2000, 2000-2001 ($5,000 for each).
Director: Project Synergy II: Using Env. Education to Integrate Mathematics and
        Science. Funded by the Council for Postsecondary Education, Eisenhower
        Mathematics and Science Program, 1998-1999, ($46,000).
Director: Project WILD Training Contract. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife
         Resources, 1998-1999, ($7,000).
Director: Project Synergy: Using Env. Education to Integrate Mathematics and Science.
         Funded by the Council for Postsecondary Education, Eisenhower Mathematics
         and Science Program, 1997-1998, ($42,000)
Director: Hazardous Waste Education for Teachers. Funded by EPA - Atlanta, 1997-98,
         ($85,000).
Director: Project WILD Training Contract. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife
         Resources, 1997-1998, ($7,000).
Direct: West Kentucky Environmental Education Consortium (8-10 School Systems in
         Western Kentucky who contract services for children and teachers in
         environmental education). 1997-Present, (@ $5,000 each year).
Co-Director: Hazardous Waste Education for Teachers. Funded by EPA - Atlanta, 1996-
        97, ($234,000).
Co-Director: Schools at Risk and Env. Education. Funded by the Council for
         Postsecondary Education, Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Program, 1997-
        98, ($36,000).
Director: Interconnected: Teaching All Disciplines Using Environmental Education.
         Funded by the Council for Higher Education, Eisenhower Mathematics and
         Science Program, 1996-97, ($38,000).
Co-Director: Project WILD Training Contract. Kentucky Department of Fish and
         Wildlife Resources, 1996-1997, ($7,000).
Consultant and Instructor: Goals 2000 Project to Improve Science and Mathematics
         Using Environmental Education for Calloway County, Christian County,
         Paducah Independent Schools. 1994-97, ($55,000).
Consultant and Instructor: Goals 2000 Project to Improve Equity in Math and Science
         Using Environmental Education for Murray Independent Schools. 1994-1997.
         ($33,000).
Director: Business Plan for Murray State University to take the lead in reopening Youth
         Station at Land Between the Lakes,1994-96.



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Team Member: Study of Hunter Education in Kentucky. Kentucky Division of Fish and
        Wildlife Resources, 1995-96, ($35,000).
Director: Grant for Establishment of an Environmental Leadership Center at Youth
        Station, Land Between the Lakes. Funded by the Kentucky Environmental
        Education Council, Frankfort, KY., 1995, ($500).
Director: A Thematic Approach to Teaching Mathematics and Science Using
       Environmental Education. Funded by Council for Higher Education, Eisenhower
       Mathematics and
       Science Program, 1995-1996, ($38,000)
Director: A Thematic Approach to Teaching Mathematics and Science Using
        Environmental Education. Funded by Council for Higher Education, Eisenhower
        Mathematics and Science Program, 1994-1995, ($37,000).
Director: A Thematic Approach to Teaching Mathematics and Science Using
        Environmental Education and Photography. Funded by Council for Higher
        Education, Eisenhower Mathematics and Science Program, 1993-1994,
       ($36,000).
Director: Math/Science Alliance. Funded by Council for Higher Education, Eisenhower
        Mathematics and Science Program, 1992-93, ($12,000).
Director: Math/Science Alliance. Funded by Council for Higher Education, Eisenhower
        Mathematics and Science Program, 1991-92, ($10,000).
Director: Children for Peace II: In cooperation with Murray Independent Schools, the
        Calloway County Schools, and the Czech Republic. Funded by Kentucky
        Humanities Council, 1989-90, ($6,000).




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