Regional Poverty Research Conference
Rural Poverty in the Northeast:
Global Forces and Individual Coping Strategies
Papers and Slide Shows
Days Inn, State College, PA
May 3-4, 2005
The conference was sponsored by the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, RUPRI's Rural Poverty Research Center and Population Research Institute
Conference proceedings, Global Forces and Individual Coping Strategies for Rural Poverty: Where Are We? Where Should We Go From Here?
Chaired by Bruce Weber, Oregon State, RPRC
1. Overview of poverty trends in the Northeastern U.S. - Leif Jensen, Penn State
[slide show]
2. Reducing Rural Poverty - Stephan Goetz, Penn State [slide show]
3. The Dynamics of Food Insecurity in Rural America: Are There Regional Differences? Christine M. Olson, Emily O. Miller, Josephine A. Swanson, and Myla S. Strawderman, Cornell [paper] [slide show]

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 Emerging Scholars Presentation - Local Economic Structure and Community Well-Being In Ossipee, New Hampshire - Chris R. Colocousis, University of New Hampshire
[paper] [slide show]
Chaired by Stephan Goetz, The Northeast Center
5. Complex Families, Multi-Partner Fertility, and Children's Access to Economic Resources: An Ethnographic Perspective on "Rural" Families - Linda Burton, Penn State
6. Work and Welfare Strategies Among Single Mothers in Rural New England: The Role of Social Networks and Social Support - Sally K. Ward and Heather Turner, University of New Hampshire [paper] [slide show]
7. Employment and Obstacles to Employment of Rural Low-Income Mothers in the Northeast - Sheila Mammen, University of Massachusetts and Elizabeth Dolan, University of New Hampshire [paper] [slide show]
Chaired by Leif Jensen, Penn State
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Work, Welfare, and the Informal Economy: An Examination of Family Livelihood Strategies in Rural Pennsylvania - Tim Slack, Louisiana State [paper] [slide show]

Poverty, Residential Mobility and Student Transiency within a Rural New York School District - Kai Schafft, Penn State [paper] [slide show]

The Significance of Employment for Chronic Stress and Psychological Distress among Rural Single Mothers - Heather Turner, University of New Hampshire [paper]
[slide show]
Chaired by Brian Dabson, RUPRI, RPRC
11. Slipping In and Out (and increasingly out) of Work: A very preliminary analysis of the Displaced Worker Survey of the CPS - Amy Glasmeier, Penn State
12. Implications for Future Poverty Research - Diane McLaughlin, Penn State [slide show]
 
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