Faculty Profiles

Housing Design

MARILYN J. BRUIN, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Housing Studies Program
Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel
360 McNeal Hall

1985 Buford Ave.

St. Paul, MN 55108-6136
(612) 624-3780
mbruin@umn.edu
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Specialties & Expertise:

  • Affordable Housing
  • Housing Policy
  • Low-income Neighborhoods
  • Residential Satisfaction
  • Family Housing Decisions
      Course Titles (resident and outreach teaching):
  • DHA 4461 Multifamily Development and Management
  • DHA 5471 Housing Studies Certificate
  • DHA 5481 Promoting Independence through Housing and Community
  • DHA 8103 Qualitative and Mixed Methods
  • DHA 8170 Special Topics: Space and Behavior Post-occupancy Evaluation of Senior Housing
  • RentWise
      Selected Scholarship:
  • Cook, C.C., Bruin, M.J., Yust, B.L., Crull, S. R., Shelley, M.C., Laux, S., Memken, J., Niemeyer, S., & White, B.J. (2009). Evidence of a housing decision chain in rural community vitality. Rural Sociology.
  • Bruin, M.J., Cook, C.C., Shelley, M., & Crull, S. (2006). Social capital, housing planning, and rural community vitality. The International Scope Review, 8 retrieved January 2, 2007.
  • Niemeyer, S.M., Cook, C.C., Memken, J., Crull, S., Bruin, M., White, B.J., & Yust, B. (2006). Local housing and service decisions: Planning for Aging Adults in Rural Communities. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 20(4), 5 -2.
  • Yust, B.L., Laux, S. Bruin, M.J., Cook, C.C., & Crull, S. (2006). Housing Needs in Rural Communities. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences 98(4), 15-19.
  • Bruin, M.J., & Jambunathan, S. (May, 2005) Relationships between housing, neighborhood, parenting attitudes, and perception of self-competence of preschoolers: A pilot study. Journal of Early Education and Family Review, 27-40.

Professional, Institutional, and Community Leadership and Service:

  • 2009-present Academic Advisory Committee UMore Park
  • 2008-present Community and Economic Development leadership team University Northside Partnership
  • 2007-2010 University Senate, Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs
  • 2007-present Emerging Markets Homeownership Initiative Board
  • 2000-present Board Member Home Ownership Center
      Awards:
  • Outstanding Outreach Award, College of Design 2008
  • Dean and Director’s Award for Distinguished Diversity and Inclusion to the Minnesota Latino Financial Literacy Project - 2007
  • Buckman Fellow, College of Design - 2006-2007
  • Dean and Director’s Award for Distinguished Diversity and Inclusion to the Learning the Language of Money Team - 2006
  • American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. The ASABLE Blue Ribbon Award for an outstanding entry in the 2006 Educational Aids Competition, Publications: Manuals or Workbooks category for The House Handbook - 2006