IRP-USDA
Small Grants Workshop
April 27, 2007
3470 Social Science Building, 8:45am-1:45pm
An annual workshop providing the opportunity for current grant recipients
to present preliminary research results on food security and food
assistance programs.
This event is open to the public.
Format: Each presentation lasts 50 minutes: 25 minutes for presentation,
5 minutes for graduate student discussant, 10 minutes for senior discussant,
and 10 minutes open discussion.
Agenda
|
| 8:45-9:00: |
Welcoming remarks: Maria Cancian, IRP Director and
Judi Bartfeld, Associate Professor, Consumer Science |
| 9:00-9:25: |
Geetha M. Waehrer, Pacific Institute for Research
and Evaluation
"School Feeding Programs and Children's Meal Patterns" |
| 9:25-9:30: |
Discussant No. 1: Hilary Shager, School of Education |
| 9:30-9:40: |
Discussant No. 2: Katherine Magnuson, School of Social Work |
| 9:40-9:50: |
Open discussion |
| 9:50-10:15: |
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
"Measuring the Impacts of Stigma and Time Cost
in the Food Stamp Enrollment Decision" |
| 10:15-10:20: |
Discussant No.1: Kisun Nam, School of Social Work |
| 10:20-10:30: |
Discusssant No. 2: Carolyn Heinrich, LaFollette School of Public
Affairs |
| 10:30-10:40: |
Open discussion |
| 10:40-11:00: |
Break |
| 11:00-11:25: |
Charles L. Baum, Economics and Finance Department,
Middle Tennessee State University
"The Effects of the Food Stamp Program on Weight Gained by Expectant Mothers" |
| 11:25-11:30: |
Discussant No.1: Francisco B. Galarza, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics |
| 11:30-11:40: |
Discussant No. 2: Dan Meyer, School of Social Work |
| 11:40-11:50: |
Open discussion |
| 11:50-12:15: |
Neeraj Kaushal, School of Social Work, Columbia
University
"Food Stamp Program and Consumption Choices” |
| 12:15-12:20: |
Discussant No.1: Yoonsook Ha, School of Social Work |
| 12:20-12:30: |
Discussant No. 2: Charles Hatcher, Consumer Science |
| 12:30-1:45: |
Open discussion, closing remarks |
|
