SUPER-MINISUPERSPACE AND NEW VARIABLES

We consider the specialization to spatially homogenous solutions of th e Jacobson formulation of N = 1 canonical supergravity in terms of Ash tekar's new variables. We find that the classical Poisson algebra of t he supersymmetry constraints is preserved by this specialization only for Bianchi type A models. The quantization of supersymmetric Bianchi type A models is carried out in the triad representation. We find the physical states of this quantum theory. Since we are missing a suitabl e inner product on these physical states, our results are only formal.