Jill Bruins coordinates all student affairs aspects of the M.A. and Ph.D. programs. She works with students from the time they are admitted into the program until they graduate. She oversees areas such as orientation, stipends, course registration, international field site logistics, programming, and graduation.
Bruins earned her B.A. degree in history from the State University of New York, College at Brockport and her M.S. Ed degree in college student services administration from the College of St. Rose. Before joining the Kroc Institute in May 2007, she worked at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

