Meet Jean Bauer
Office
275D McNeal Hall
Phone
(612) 625-1763
Mailing Address
Mail Code 6140
290 McNeal Hall
1985 Buford Avenue
St Paul, MN 55108-6140
Additional Information
Jean Bauer
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, and Extension Specialist
(Ph.D. University of Illinois)
Scholarly Interests
- Impact of Welfare Reform
- Family Economics
- Rural Families
- Family Policies
- Economic Well-Being of the Family
- Family and Community Well-Being
- Policies and Interface of the Family System With Other Systems
Degrees
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana,
IL
Ph.D.
Family and Consumption Economics
Purdue University, West
Lafayette, IL
M.S. Family Economics
Indiana State
University, Terre Haute, IN
B.S.
Home Economics Education
Honors & Awards
2004 University of Minnesota Outstanding Director of Graduate Studies
2001 Dollar Works Team Award, Minnesota Association of Extension Educators and State Team Award from Epsilon Sigma Phi, Extension Honorary Given for exemplar statewide programming with a team approach. Dollar Works is an economic literacy program for transitioning individuals and families.
2001 Leadership Award. Given by NC223 Research Colleagues for persistent, effective, inspiring service and leadership as chair of NC 223 Research Project, 1999-2001.
2000 Emens Distinguished Professorship, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.
1997 Outstanding Public Policy Education Award, Farm Foundation.
1994 Dean & Director's Award to Distinguished Extension Faculty, University of Minnesota Extension Service.
Teaching & Learning
FSoS 4294: Research Internship
FSoS 8104: Family Policy
FSoS 8333/8444/8666/8777: (Masters Program)
FSoS 8888: (Doctoral Program)
Research & Discovery
Dollar Works: An educational program that equips agency staff and trained volunteers to work with newly employed individuals as they enter and maintain their place in the workforce.
Rural Families Speak: Tracking the well-being and functioning of rural low-income families in the context of welfare reform. The Minnesota state team is one of 17 state teams working together on this very important societal issue.
Outreach & Engagement
2003-06 U of M, Faculty Consultative Committee, University Senate, chair
2005-2006 2003-05 National Council on Family Relations, Public Policy Committee, chair
2000-01 United Way of Minneapolis, Advisory Board, Research Committee, Chair
2000-01 CHE Strategic Visioning Taskforce for Teaching & Learning
1999-present International Society for Quality of Life Studies
1999-2002 Farm Foundation, Advisory Board for National Public Policy Education Committee
1983-present National Council on Family Relations
1971-present American Council on Consumer Interests
1966-present American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
Selected Publications
Bauer, J.W. (2004). Rural families speak: Research basebook. A report of the data set on rural low-income families: Tracking their well-being and functioning in the context of welfare reform. Available at Rural Families Speak
Katras, M.J., Zuiker, V.S., & Bauer, J.W. (2004). Private safety net: Childcare resources from the perspective of rural low-income families. Family Relations, 53, 201-209.
Kwon, H.K., Zuiker, V.S., & Bauer, J.W. (2004). Factors associated with the poverty status of Asian immigrant householders. Journal of Family and Economic Issues 25(1), 101-120.
Dolan, E.M., Bauer, J.W., Knight, S.E., Seiling, S.B., Lawrence, F..C., & Mammen, S. (2003). Rural low-income families face employment obstacles. NCFR Focus, 48(1), F7-F8.
Bauer, J.W., Braun, B., & Olson, P.D. (2000). Welfare to well-being framework for research, education, and outreach: From welfare to the few to well-being for the many. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 34 (1): 62-81.
Braun, B., Bauer, J.W., & Olson, P.D. (1999). Managing at the margin- Families moving off welfare assistance. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 91(4): 88-90.
Braun, B. & Bauer, J. (1998). Welfare Reform: An Opportunity to Engage Universitites in Community and Economic Development. Journal of Public Service & Outreach, 3, (1), 33-37.
Stum, M.S., Bauer, J.W., Delaney, P.J. (1998). Disabled elders out-of-pocket home care expenses: Examining financial burden. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 32, (1), 82-105.
Bauer, J.W., Imig, D.R., Dyk, P.H., & Seiling, S.B. The well-being of rural low-income families in the context of welfare reform. Spatial Inequality: Continuity and Change in Territorial Stratification. A joint meeting with the Rural Sociological Society, American Agricultural Economics Society and the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society. July 27-30, 2003. Montreal, Quebec. Available at Well-Being Rural Families