Cynthia Bauerle

Cynthia M. Bauerle is an American molecular biologist and college administrator. They are currently the interim vice provost for Faculty and Curriculum at James Madison University.

Early life and education Bauerle is from Charlottesville, Virginia. They completed a B.A. in biology at University of Virginia in 1984 and a Ph.D. in molecular biology at University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1990. Bauerle was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Oregon where they researched molecular biology. They were a Fulbright scholar at University of Dar es Salaam from 1999 to 2000.

Career Bauerle, a molecular biologist, was a professor of biology and women's studies at Hamline University for 12 years before joining Spelman College where they were a professor and department chair of biology. and translocation of plastocyanin precursors in chloroplasts. Some of their subsequent research focused on ATPase and genetics in yeast.

Awards and recognition Bauerle is a HERS Leadership Institute alumni from 2013 and was elected as an AAAS Fellow in 2016. They are a parent and are in a multi-racial and same-sex relationship.