IRP RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research
2011 Spring Workshop

Each year, IRP RIDGE Center grant recipients present their preliminary findings at a spring workshop hosted by the Center. Center administrators Judith Bartfeld and Timothy Smeeding, IRP faculty affiliates, and Graduate Research Fellows provide feedback, which assist investigators as they finalize their projects for presentation at the ERS RIDGE conference held each autumn in Washington, DC, and publication in the National Database of RIDGE Project Summaries. The workshop is open to the public.

Note: The 2012 workshop will take place on April 13 and will follow roughly the same schedule and format as the 2011 event, whose agenda follows below.

IRP RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research
2011 Spring Workshop
3470 William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building
Madison, WI
April 25, 2011
AGENDA

Friday, April 25

8:30-8:45 am Welcoming Remarks
Timothy Smeeding, Director, Institute for Research on Poverty; Associate Director, RIDGE Center for National Research; and Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor
Judith Bartfeld, Director, RIDGE Center for National Research; Professor, Consumer Science Department; and IRP Affiliate
First Presentation
8:45-9:15 Explaining the Increase in SNAP Caseloads During the Recovery of 2003–2007: Decomposing the Determinants of SNAP Caseload Levels
Janna Johnson and Robert LaLonde, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
9:15-9:20 Discussant 1: Mai Seki, Dissertator, Economics Department; IRP Graduate Research Fellow
9:20-9:30 Discussant 2: Daniel R. Meyer, Professor, School of Social Work; and IRP Affiliate
9:30-9:45 Open Discussion
9:45-10:00 Break
Second Presentation
10:00-10:30 Bridging the Gap: Do Farmers’ Markets Help Alleviate Impacts of Food Deserts?
Vicki McCracken, Jeremy Sage, and Rayna Sage, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University
10:30-10:35 Discussant 1: Marissa Courey, Doctoral Candidate, School of Medicine and Public Health; IRP Graduate Research Fellow
10:35-10:45 Discussant 2: David Frisvold, Asst. Professor of Economics, Emory University; and IRP Visiting RIDGE Scholar
10:45-11:00 Open Discussion
Third Presentation
11:00-11:30 Estimating the Impact of Food Stamps on the Poverty Rate Using a National The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Homeowner Outcomes: Can Food Assistance Prevent Mortgage Delinquency and Foreclosure?
Carly Urban and Maximilian Schmeiser, Department of Consumer Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison; and Federal Reserve Board of Governors, respectively
11:30-11:35 Discussant 1: Jeff Traczynski, Doctoral Candidate, Economics Department; and IRP Graduate Research Fellow
11:35-11:45 Discussant 2: J. Michael Collins, Director, Center for Financial Security; Asst. Professor Consumer Science; IRP Affiliate
11:45-12:00 Open Discussion
12:00-1:00 pm Working Lunch – Discussion with Timothy Smeeding
Fourth Presentation
1:00-1:30 Estimating the Impact of Food Stamps on the Poverty Rate Using a National Academy of Sciences-Style Poverty Measure for New York City
Mark Levitan and Daniel Scheer, New York City Center for Economic Opportunity
1:30-1:35 Discussant 1: Yiyoon Chung, Dissertator, School of Social Work; and IRP Graduate Research Fellow
1:35-1:45 Discussant 2: Julia Isaacs, Child and Family Policy Fellow, Brookings Institution; and IRP Visiting Scholar
1:45-2:00 Open Discussion
Fifth Presentation
2:00-2:30 SNAP, Food Insecurity, and Food Access
Alessandro Bonanno, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University
2:30-2:35 Discussant 1: Sarah Lessem, Doctoral Candidate, Sociology Department, and IRP Graduate Research Fellow
2:35-2:45 Discussant 2: Sean Cash, Asst. Professor, Consumer Science Department; Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies Affiliate; Adjunct Professor, Rural Economy, University of Alberta
2:45-3:00 Open Discussion
3:00-3:15 Closing Remarks
Judith Bartfeld, Director, RIDGE Center for National Research; Professor, Consumer Science Department; and IRP Affiliate