Preliminary AgendaAssociation of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU)
1307 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005-4704
(Directions)
Friday,
September 23 |
| 8:15 - 8:45 am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:45 - 8:55 am |
Opening Remarks
Alex Majchrowicz, Director, RIDGE Program, ERS
Laurian Unnevehr, Director, Food Economics Division, ERS |
| 8:55 am |
Morning Session—RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Research at the Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Judi Bartfeld, Director |
| 9:00 - 9:30 am |
Food Security and Food Access
Alessandro Bonanno and Jing Li, The Pennsylvania State University |
| 9:30 – 10:00 am |
Bridging the Gap: Do Farmers’ Markets Help Alleviate Impacts of Food Deserts?
Vicki A. McCracken, Jeremy Sage, and Rayna Sage, Washington State University
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| 10:00 – 10:15 am |
Session Break |
| 10:15 – 10:45 am |
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Household Finances: Can Food Assistance Mitigate Financial Shocks?
Maximilian Schmeiser, Federal Reserve Board of Governors and IRP Affiliate |
| 10:45 – 11:15 am |
Estimating the Impact of Food Stamps on the Poverty Rate Using a National Academy of Sciences-Style Poverty Measure for New York City
Mark Levitan and Daniel Scheer, New York City Center for Economic Opportunity
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| 11:15 – 11:45 am |
Explaining the Increase in SNAP Caseloads During the Recovery of 2003–2007
Robert J. LaLonde and Janna E. Johnson, University of Chicago |
| 11:45 am – 1:10 pm |
Lunch on your own |
| 1:10 pm |
Afternoon Session—RIDGE Center for Targeted Studies at the Southern Rural Development Center, Mississippi State University
Lionel J. “Bo” Beaulieu, Director |
| 1:15 – 1:45 pm |
Does Prenatal WIC Affect Birth Outcomes and School Performance? Examining the Consequences of a Dip in WIC Participation
Sarah Hamersma, University of Florida, and David Figlio, Northwestern University |
| 1:45 – 2:15 pm |
Direct and Comprehensive Measure of Child Food Security: Reliability, Accuracy, and Concordance with Parental Report
Maryah Stella Fram, Edward A. Frongillo, Jr., Sonya J. Jones, and Christine E. Blake, University of South Carolina |
| 2:15 – 2:30 pm |
Session Break |
| 2:30 - 3:00 pm |
The Influence of Community Retail Food Environment on Household Food Access, Food Choice, and Dietary Intake of Mexican American Children of Colonias along the South Texas Border with Mexico
Joseph R. Sharkey and Wesley R. Dean, Texas A&M Health Science Center |
| 3:00 - 3:30 pm |
Food Stamp Program and Food Insecurity Dynamics in the Rural South
Bradford F. Mills, Virginia Tech University, and Elton Mykerezi, University of Minnesota |
| 3:30 pm |
Conference Closing Remarks and Adjournment
David Smallwood, Branch Chief, Food Assistance Branch, ERS |
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