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 60 minutes: 30 minutes for presentation,
5 minutes for graduate student discussant, 10 minutes for senior discussant,
and 15 minutes open discussion.
Agenda
3470 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
Madison,
WI
April 17, 2009 |
Friday, May 2 |
| 8:30-8:45 am |
Welcoming Remarks
Timothy Smeeding, Director, Institute for Research on Poverty
Judith Bartfeld, RIDGE Program Director; Professor, Consumer Science
Department; University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| First Presentation |
| 8:45-9:15 |
The Impact of WIC Participation on Food Insecurity
and Early Childhood Health Outcomes for a Nationally Representative
Sample of Children
P. Johnelle Sparks, University of Texas at San Antonio |
| 9:15-9:20 |
Discussant 1: Marissa Courey, IRP Graduate Research
Fellow |
| 9:20-9:30 |
Discussant 2: Sean Cash, Consumer Science Department,
University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 9:30-9:45 |
Open discussion |
| 9:45-10:00 |
Break |
| Second Presentation |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Nutrition and Cognitive Achievement: An Evaluation
of the School Breakfast Program
David E. Frisvold, Emory University |
| 10:30-10:35 |
Discussant 1: Hilary Shager, IRP Graduate Research
Fellow |
| 10:35-10:45 |
Discussant 2: Katherine Magnuson,
School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 10:45-11:00 |
Open discussion |
| Third Presentation |
| 11:00-11:30 |
What Will the Neighbors Think? Welfare Stigma Due
to Public Disapproval
Kevin Mumford, Purdue University, and Colleen Flaherty Manchester,
University of Minnesota |
| 11:30-11:35 |
Discussant 1: Marci Ybarra, IRP Graduate Research Fellow |
| 11:35-11:45 |
Discussant 2: Thomas DeLeire, Department of Population
Health Sciences and La Follette School of Public Affairs, University
of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 11:45-12:00 |
Open discussion |
| Final Presentation |
| 1:00-1:30 |
The Effects of Female Labor Force Participation
on Adult and Childhood Obesity
Oscar A. Mitnik, University of Miami |
| 1:30-1:35 |
Discussant 1: Ben Cowan, IRP Graduate Research Fellow |
| 1:35-1:45 |
Discussant 2: Maximilian Schmeiser, Consumer Science
Department, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 1:45-2:00 |
Open discussion |
| 2:00-2:30 |
Closing Remarks
Judith Bartfeld, RIDGE Program Director; Professor, Consumer Science Department;
University of Wisconsin–Madison |
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