Dr. Bruns serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Early Intervention, Early Childhood Research & Practice, and Young Exceptional Children. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of assessment and intervention in early childhood special education, leadership, and working with families. Dr. Bruns is also Principal Investigator of the Tracking Rare Incidence Syndromes (TRIS) project, which focuses on raising awareness and treatment options for children with rare trisomy conditions such as trisomy 18. Dr. Bruns also conducts research, trains, and publishes in the areas of feeding development and strategies to address feeding difficulties.