Faculty Profiles

Housing Design

BECKY L. YUST, Ph.D.

Professor, Housing Studies Program

Department Head
Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel
240 McNeal Hall

1985 Buford Ave

St. Paul, MN 55108-6136
(612) 624-7461
byust@umn.edu

Specialties & Expertise:

  • Housing adequacy and affordability
  • Housing decisions and theory
  • Energy consumption and conservation
  • Homeownership initiatives
      Course Titles (resident and outreach teaching):
  • DHA 4461 Housing Development and Management
  • DHA 5467W Housing and the Social Environment
  • DHA 8181 Research and Ethics
  • DHA 5471 Housing Studies Certificate Seminar
      Selected Scholarship:
  • Yust, B., Bruin, M., Bellefuil, S., & Dodor, B. (2008). The Emerging Markets Homeownership Initiative: Pilot Organization and Participant Experiences. CURA Reporter, 38(3-4), 3-9.
  • Niemeyer, S., Cook, C., Memken, J., Crull, S., Bruin, M., White B., & Yust, B. (2006). Local housing and service decisions: Planning for aging adults in rural communities. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 20(4), 4-22.
  • Yust, B., Laux, S., Bruin, M., Crull, S., Memken, J., White, B., Cook, C., & Niemeyer, S. (2006). Housing needs in rural communities. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 98(4), 15-19.
  • Cook, C., Steggel, C., Suarez, A., & Yust, B. (2005). Housing affordability. In Merrill, J., Crull, S., Tremblay, K., Tyler, L., & Carswell, A. (Eds.), Introduction to housing (pp.225-256). New York: Prentice Hall.
  • Jordan, C., Yust, B., Robison, L., Hannan, P., & Deinard, A. (2003). A randomized trial of education to prevent lead burden in high risk children: Efficacy as measured by blood lead monitoring. Environmental Health Perspectives, 111(16), 1947-1951.
  • Yust, B., Guerin, D., & Coopet, J. (2002). Residential energy consumption: 1987 to 1997. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 30(3), 323-350.
  • Hartje, S., Yust, B., Goetz, E., & Franklin, E. (2001). Twin tragedies in the Twin Cities: Childhood lead poisoning and the loss of affordable rental housing. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal. 29(3), 230-251.
  • Yust, B., & Memken, J. (2000). Housing as an indicator of rural vitality: The methodology. Housing and Society, 27(1), 7-15.
  • Guerin, D., Yust, B., & Coopet, J. (2000). Occupant predictors of household energy behavior and consumption change as found in energy studies since 1975. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 29(1), 48-80.
  • Cheple, M., & Yust, B. (1999). Moisture problems in houses built in 1991 and 1992 in Minnesota. Housing and Society, 26(1-3), 26-40.      

Professional, Institutional, and Community Leadership and Service:

  • 2008 to present, Housing and Society, Journal of the Housing Education and Research Association, Editor
  • Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity, Housing Matters! Advisory Team, member, 2008
  • 2004 to 2006 St. Paul District 9 Comprehensive Plan Committee, Chair
  • 1994 to 2003 Phillips Neighborhood Healthy Housing Collaborative
  • 1982 to present Housing Studies Program Committee
  • 2007 to present University Senate Faculty Consultative Committee
  • 2006 to present Twin Cities Campus Master Plan Steering Committee
  • 2006 to present Community Connections, Collaborative Ventures, and Safety Work Team of Master Plan, Co-chair
      Awards:
  • 2006 The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Blue Ribbon Award for the Educational Aids Competition, The House Handbook
  • 2002 West 7th/Fort Road Federation Exceptional Service to the Community Award
  • 1997 College of Human Ecology Educational Leadership Award