RIDGE Food Assistance Research Seminar Series

IRP launched the RIDGE Food Assistance Research seminar series in 2010 in its role as the RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research. The Center serves as a focal point for stimulating new and innovative research related to food assistance programs, a hub for mentoring and training of researchers interested in food assistance and related issues, and a source of timely and accessible information on new research findings.

Thursdays, 12:15-1:30 p.m., 8417 Social Science Building (unless otherwise noted)

March 8, 2012

Lacking in a Land of Plenty: Understanding Food Acquisition Coping Strategies Used by the Food Insecure
Andrea Anater, Public Health Nutrition Researcher, Food and Nutrition Policy Research and Community Health Promotion Research, RTI International; and IRP RIDGE Center Visiting Food Assistance Research Scholar

Tuesday, April 10, 2012
12:15-1:30 pm, 3470 Social Science Building

Non-Use of Food Assistance among Low-Income Families in San Francisco
Christopher Wimer, Associate Director, Collaboration for Poverty Research, Senior Editor of Pathways, Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality, Stanford University; and IRP RIDGE Center Visiting Food Assistance Research Scholar

Wednesday, April 11, 2012
12:15-1:30 pm, 3470 Social Science Building

Estimation of Treatment Effects Without an Exclusion Restriction: With an Application to the Analysis of the School Breakfast Program
Rusty Tchernis, Associate Professor of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University; and IRP RIDGE Center Visiting Food Assistance Research Scholar