2009 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.
2009 IRP-USDA RIDGE Workshop |
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Friday, May 2 |
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| 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 |