Representative, Minnesota State House of Representatives, District 42A, 2012-2017

Former Member, Aging and Long-Term Care Policy Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Education Innovation Policy Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Former Member, Mining and Outdoor Recreation Policy Committee, Minnesota State House of Representatives

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 1991-1995, 1997-2001, 2011-present

Science Tutor, 2011-present

Math Tutor, 2011-present

Tutor, WyzAnt Tutoring, 2011-present

Chemistry Teacher, Hill-Murray School, 2002-2011

Industrial Trainer, 3M, 1989-2001

Industrial Trainer, Ecolab, 1989-2001

Industrial Trainer, H.B. Fuller, 1989-2001

Substitute teacher, Hill-Murray School, 2001

Engineering Consultant, 1989-2001

Assistant Professor, Department of Manufacturing and Systems Engineering, University of Saint Thomas, 1995-1996

Research Chemical Engineer, General Mills, 1983-1989

Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1982

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, 1976-1978

Member, Clean Water Council, 2013-present

Volunteer, Holy Hammers, present

door knocker, lawn sign distributor, John Marty Campaigns, present

Merit Badge Counselor/Leader, Boy Scouts of America/Camp Fire USA/Girl Scouts of America

Voluntary Member, Education Minnesota

Band Parent Board President, Hill-Murray School

Phone Bank Volunteer, Minnesotans United for All Families

Volunteer Math Tutor, Nokomis Montessori Magnet School

Planning Committee for the Adolescent Program Member, Oak Hill Montessori School

Member, Saint Michael's Lutheran Church in Roseville

Board Member, Shoreview Northern Lights Variety Band

Parent Volunteer, Snail Lake Elementary School

Volunteer, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity

Member, University of Minnesota Faculty Dance Club

Member, Faculty Senate, University of Saint Thomas, 1995-1996

Priority Issues:

My priorities in the Legislature will be to stand up for fairness for all Minnesotans. I think Minnesota should be a leader in the nation for education, human rights, health care, environmental quality, quality of life and culture, opportunity, and innovation.

Publications:

Rheology of xanthan gum solutions
Extracellular Microbial Polysaccharides, P.A. Sandford and A. Laskin, eds., American Chemical Society; p. 160-173
1977

Published under my maiden name, B. J. Ek
My contribution to this article was generating experimental data.

Authors:
Barbara Yarusso, Christopher W. Macosko, Patrick J. Whitcomb

The rheology and flow of viscoplastic materials
Reviews in Chemical Engineering, vol. 1, p. 1-70
1982

This is a review article. I organized and categorized the articles reviewed.

Authors:
Barbara Yarusso, R. Byron Bird, G. Dai

Exit and entrance flows of non-Newtonian fluids in parallel slits
J. of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 40, p. 103-117
1991

This article is based on my thesis work.

Authors:
Barbara Yarusso

Faith and Work - One Engineer's Perspective
proceedings from Summer Seminar: Science and Theology, University of St. Thomas
1996

I presented this paper as part of a faculty summer seminar.

Authors:
Barbara Yarusso