Bonnie Braun

Education

Ph.D., Family Consumer Sciences Education, The University of Missouri, 1979

Research Focus

Family health policy, low-income, rural family health and well-being; food insecurity and obesity; and program evaluation

Current Grants

USDA/UMCP: Rural Families Speak: Tracking the Well-Being of Rural Low-Income Families in the Context of Welfare Reform

USDA/Maryland Dept. of Human Resources: Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program Evaluation and Project FRESH:

Reducing or Preventing Weight-Related Disease Through Increasing Fruit & Vegetable Consumption Among Low-Income Elementary Children: A Community-Based Research & Extension Intervention Systems Approach.pdf

UMCP: Sages of the Ages: Stories that Touch and Teach

Annie E. Casey Foundation: Strengthening the Well-Being of Rural Maryland Familes http://www.ruralforvm.state.md.us/News/Rural_Families.html

Antietam Health Care Foundation: A Community Engagement Model: Sisters Helping Sisters Targeting Obesity in Young Women

UMD School of Public Helath: Food Availability, Accessability and Affordability

Career Highlights

Author of approximately 100 articles and seven family and consumer science teaching curricula and the website: Obesity: A Public and Family Health Issue http://www.agnr.umd.edu/extension/nutrition/obesity/
Director and Co-director of grants and contracts totaling more than $14 million.
Speaker at over 90 local, state, national, and international conferences.
Co-Director, Maryland family Policy Impact Seminar http://www.sph.umd.edu/fmsc/fis/about.html
President, American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/sociss/release.cfm?articleID=1477 and former Public Policy Committee; Charter memeber of the American Distant Education Consortium Program Panel; Past chair, Family Policy Section, National Council on Family Relations.
Vice Chair, Rural Maryland Council Board; Chair, Health Working Committee; Member, Maryland Office of Rural Health Plan Steering Committee.
Founding chair of the Family and Consumer Sciences Administrative Leadership Council; former member of the Board of Human Sciences of the NASULGC and Chair of the Federal Legislative Committee; and member of numerous national Extension committees and task forces.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Leadership Fellow.
Recipient of awards including the: Murial Sloan Communitarian Award; American Association of Family Consumer Sciences Ruth O'Brien Research Award and Gladys Chalkley/Fenn Public Policy Visiting Scholar; USDA Honor Award for Nutrition Education for Diverse Audiences; Farm Foundation Outstanding Public Policy Issues Education Award; Charter Inductee of the International Adult & Continuing Education Hall of Fame; & Distinguished Alumni of Central Missouri State University.
Recipient of the University of Maryland Graduate Research Board Research Support Award and the University of Maryland System Women's Forum Research Award.

Selected Publications

Simmons, L. A., Dolan, E., & Braun, B. (2007). Rhetoric and reality of economic self-sufficiency among rural low-income families: A longitudinal study. Journal of Family Economic Issues, 28, 489-505.

Simmons, L. A., Braun, B., Wright, D. W., & Miller, S. R. (Forthcoming in 2007). Human capital, social support, and long-term economic well-being among rural, low-income mothers: A latent growth curve analysis. Journal of Family Economic Issues.

Braun, B. & Huddleston-Casas, C. (2006). Laboring toward economic self-sufficiency: A public policy perspective. Available at: http://fsos.cehd.umn.edu/img/assets/16501/May_PolicyBrief.pdf

Anderson, E. A., Braun, B., & Walker, S. (2005). Teaching family policy: Advocacy skills education. Journal of Marriage and Family Review, 38, 2, 61-76.

Braun, B., & Anderson, E. A. (2005). A multi-state, mixed-methods study of rural, low-income families. In V. Bengtson, A. Acock, K. Allen, P. Dilworth-Anderson, & D. Klein (Eds.), Sourcebook of family theory and research (pp. 484-487) . Minneapolis, MN: National Council on Family Relations.

Braun, B., & Williams, S. (2004). Democratic engagement: A call to family professionals. In C. Anderson (Ed.), Family and community policy: Strategies for civic engagement (pp. 1-18). Washington, DC: American Association of Family Consumer Sciences.

Kohler, J. K., Anderson, E. A., Oravecz, L., & Braun, B. (2004). Relationship constellations and dynamics of low-income rural mothers. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 19(2), 160-173.

Braun, B., & Marghi, J. R. (2003). Rural families speak: Faith, resiliency, & life satisfaction among low income mothers. Michigan Family Review, 8(1), 9-18.

Braun, B., Lawrence, F., Dyk, P., & Vandergriff-Avery, M. (2002). Southern rural family economic well-being in the context of public assistance. Southern Rural Sociology, 18(1).

Bauer, J., Braun, B., & Olson, P. (2000). Welfare to well-being framework for research, education and outreach. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 34(1), 62-81.


	Bonnie Braun Endowed Chair & Director, Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy Associate Professor State Family Policy Specialist, Maryland Cooperative Extension Phone: 301.405.3581 E-mail: bbraun@umd.edu Office: 1210 H Marie Mount Hall
	Education Ph.D., Family Consumer Sciences Education, The University of Missouri, 1979 Research Focus Family health policy, low-income, rural family health and well-being; food insecurity and obesity; and program evaluation Current Grants USDA/UMCP: Rural Families Speak: Tracking the Well-Being of Rural Low-Income Families in the Context of Welfare Reform USDA/Maryland Dept. of Human Resources: Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program Evaluation and Project FRESH: Reducing or Preventing Weight-Related Disease Through Increasing Fruit & Vegetable Consumption Among Low-Income Elementary Children: A Community-Based Research & Extension Intervention Systems Approach.pdf UMCP: Sages of the Ages: Stories that Touch and Teach Annie E. Casey Foundation: Strengthening the Well-Being of Rural Maryland Familes http://www.ruralforvm.state.md.us/News/Rural_Families.html Antietam Health Care Foundation: A Community Engagement Model: Sisters Helping Sisters Targeting Obesity in Young Women UMD School of Public Helath: Food Availability, Accessability and Affordability Career Highlights Author of approximately 100 articles and seven family and consumer science teaching curricula and the website: Obesity: A Public and Family Health Issue http://www.agnr.umd.edu/extension/nutrition/obesity/ Director and Co-director of grants and contracts totaling more than $14 million. Speaker at over 90 local, state, national, and international conferences. Co-Director, Maryland family Policy Impact Seminar http://www.sph.umd.edu/fmsc/fis/about.html President, American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/sociss/release.cfm?articleID=1477 and former Public Policy Committee; Charter memeber of the American Distant Education Consortium Program Panel; Past chair, Family Policy Section, National Council on Family Relations. Vice Chair, Rural Maryland Council Board; Chair, Health Working Committee; Member, Maryland Office of Rural Health Plan Steering Committee. Founding chair of the Family and Consumer Sciences Administrative Leadership Council; former member of the Board of Human Sciences of the NASULGC and Chair of the Federal Legislative Committee; and member of numerous national Extension committees and task forces. W.K. Kellogg Foundation Leadership Fellow. Recipient of awards including the: Murial Sloan Communitarian Award; American Association of Family Consumer Sciences Ruth O'Brien Research Award and Gladys Chalkley/Fenn Public Policy Visiting Scholar; USDA Honor Award for Nutrition Education for Diverse Audiences; Farm Foundation Outstanding Public Policy Issues Education Award; Charter Inductee of the International Adult & Continuing Education Hall of Fame; & Distinguished Alumni of Central Missouri State University. Recipient of the University of Maryland Graduate Research Board Research Support Award and the University of Maryland System Women's Forum Research Award. Selected Publications Simmons, L. A., Dolan, E., & Braun, B. (2007). Rhetoric and reality of economic self-sufficiency among rural low-income families: A longitudinal study. Journal of Family Economic Issues, 28, 489-505. Simmons, L. A., Braun, B., Wright, D. W., & Miller, S. R. (Forthcoming in 2007). Human capital, social support, and long-term economic well-being among rural, low-income mothers: A latent growth curve analysis. Journal of Family Economic Issues. Braun, B. & Huddleston-Casas, C. (2006). Laboring toward economic self-sufficiency: A public policy perspective. Available at: http://fsos.cehd.umn.edu/img/assets/16501/May_PolicyBrief.pdf Anderson, E. A., Braun, B., & Walker, S. (2005). Teaching family policy: Advocacy skills education. Journal of Marriage and Family Review, 38, 2, 61-76. Braun, B., & Anderson, E. A. (2005). A multi-state, mixed-methods study of rural, low-income families. In V. Bengtson, A. Acock, K. Allen, P. Dilworth-Anderson, & D. Klein (Eds.), Sourcebook of family theory and research (pp. 484-487) . Minneapolis, MN: National Council on Family Relations. Braun, B., & Williams, S. (2004). Democratic engagement: A call to family professionals. In C. Anderson (Ed.), Family and community policy: Strategies for civic engagement (pp. 1-18). Washington, DC: American Association of Family Consumer Sciences. Kohler, J. K., Anderson, E. A., Oravecz, L., & Braun, B. (2004). Relationship constellations and dynamics of low-income rural mothers. Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 19(2), 160-173. Braun, B., & Marghi, J. R. (2003). Rural families speak: Faith, resiliency, & life satisfaction among low income mothers. Michigan Family Review, 8(1), 9-18. Braun, B., Lawrence, F., Dyk, P., & Vandergriff-Avery, M. (2002). Southern rural family economic well-being in the context of public assistance. Southern Rural Sociology, 18(1). Bauer, J., Braun, B., & Olson, P. (2000). Welfare to well-being framework for research, education and outreach. Journal of Consumer Affairs, 34(1), 62-81.