IRP-USDA RIDGE Workshop
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
May 2, 2008
3470 Social Science Building
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Friday, May 2 |
| 8:45-9:00 |
Welcoming Remarks
Maria Cancian, IRP Director and Judi Bartfeld, Associate
Professor, Consumer
Science |
| First Presentation |
| 9:00-9:25 |
The Long-Term Outcomes of Food
Stamp Participation
Thomas Vartanian, Bryn Mawr College |
| 9:25-9:30 |
Discussant 1: Callie Langton |
| 9:30-9:40 |
Discussant 2: Pamela Herd |
| 9:40-9:50 |
Open discussion |
| Second Presentation |
| 9:50-10:15 |
The Effect of Food Insecurity
on the Physical, Cognitive, and Socio-Emotional Development of
Infants and Toddlers
Alison Jacknowitz, American University |
| 10:15-10:20 |
Discussant 1: Hilary Shager |
| 10:20-10:30 |
Discussant 2: Katherine Magnuson |
| 10:30-10:40 |
Open discussion |
| 10:40-11:00 |
Break |
| Third Presentation |
| 11:00-11:25 |
Food Insecurity and the Food
Stamp Program
Elton Mykerezi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University |
| 11:25-11:30 |
Discussant 1: Nathan Tefft |
| 11:30-11:40 |
Discussant 2: Geoffrey Wallace |
| 11:40-11:50 |
Open discussion |
| Final Presentation |
| 11:50-12:15 |
Assessing the Effect of Increasing
Housing Costs on Food Insecurity
Jason M. Fletcher, Yale
University |
| 12:15-12:20 |
Discussant 1: Kisun Nam |
| 12:20-12:30 |
Discussant 2: Bob Haveman |
| 12:30-1:45 |
Open discussion, closing remarks, and
lunch |
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