Christine Cook Christine C. Cook
Associate Professor

Education:
Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1982
M.S., Cornell University, 1977
B.A., Montclair State College, 1972

Office: 2358 Palmer
Phone: (515) 294-8695
Email: cccook@iastate.edu

Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests:
  • Housing and family policy, particularly welfare reform and housing
  • Rural development and housing
  • Neighborhood and community housing assessment
  • Special populations and housing, aging, and children with disabilities

Teaching Responsibilities:
  • Housing and Consumer Issues
  • Housing and the Social Environment
  • Housing and Environments for Children
  • Housing Environments for the Aging

Professional Organizations:
  • American Association of Housing Educators
  • Urban Affairs Association
  • Midwest Sociological Association.

Recent Presentations and Selected Publications:

In press   Cook, C.C.; Martin, P.; Yearns, M.; Damhorst, M.L. Attachment to place and coping with losses in changed communities: A paradox for aging adults in rural and small towns. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

In press   Auh, S.; Cook, C.C.; Crull, S. & Fletcher, C.N. Children's housing environments: Welfare families in Iowa. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

2006   Yust, B., Laux, S., Bruin, M., Crull, S., Memken, J., White, B., Cook, C., & Niemeyer, S. Housing needs in rural communities. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 98(4), 15-19.

2005   Cook, C.C.; Yearns, M. & Martin, P. Aging in Place: Home modifications among rural and urban elderly. Housing and Society, 32(1), 85-106.

2004   Cook, C.C. & Meredith, N.L. Service learning for housing and the aging. Housing and Society, 31(2), 159-168.

2002   Geisthardt, C.; Brotherson, M.J.; & Cook, C.C. Friendships of children with disabilities in the home environment. Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 37(3), 235-252.

2002   Cook, C.C; Crull, S.R.; Fletcher; C.N.;Hinnant-Bernard, T; & Peterson, J. Meeting family housing needs: Experiences of rural women in the midst of welfare reform. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 23(3), 285-316

2001   Crull, S.R. & Cook, C.C. Housing and Economic Vitality in Rural Midwestern Counties. Housing and Society, 28 (1&2), 47-70.