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Curriculum Vitae
November 2014
Tim Slack
Department of Sociology
Louisiana State University
126 Stubbs Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: (225) 578-1116
Fax: (225) 578-5102
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.lsu.edu/sociology
EDUCATION
2004
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Rural Sociology
2000
M.S., Pennsylvania State University, Rural Sociology and Demography
1998
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Rural Sociology
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Current Positions
2011-Present Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University
2013-Present Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State
University
Past Positions
2005-2010
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University
2004
Instructor, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University
2002-2004
Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Work and Family Research, Social
Science Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University
1998-2003
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural
Sociology, Pennsylvania State University
Research Affiliations
2005-Present Research Affiliate, Louisiana Center for Rural Initiatives (LCRI), Louisiana State
University
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2006-2012
Research Affiliate, Population Research Institute (PRI), Pennsylvania State
University
2004-2010
Senior Researcher, Louisiana Population Data Center (LPDC), Louisiana State
University
2005
Research Affiliate, Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI), Rural Poverty
Research Center (RPRC), University of Missouri-Columbia
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Social stratification (emphasis on economic and spatial inequality); social demography
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Total number of articles and book chapters: 30
Slack, Tim. Forthcoming. “The „Old‟ versus „New‟ Economies and their Impacts.” In Rural
Poverty in the U.S.A., J. Sherman, A. Tickamyer, and J. Warlick (Eds.). New York, NY:
Columbia University Press.
Myers, Candice A., Tim Slack, Corby K. Martin, Stephanie T. Broyles, and Steven B.
Heymsfield. Forthcoming. “Regional Disparities in Obesity Prevalence in the United
States: A Spatial Regime Analysis.” Obesity.
Slack, Tim. 2014. “How Did the Great Recession Impact the Geography of Food Stamp
Receipt?” Choices 29: 1-5.
Slack, Tim. 2014. “Work in Rural America in the Era of Globalization.” Pp. 573-590 in Rural
America in a Globalizing World: Problems and Prospects for the 2010s, C. Bailey, L.
Jensen, and E. Ransom (Eds.). Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press.
Slack, Tim, Candice A. Myers, Corby K. Martin, and Steven B. Heymsfield. 2014. “The
Geographic Concentration of U.S Adult Obesity Prevalence and Associated Social,
Economic, and Environmental Factors.” Obesity 22: 868-874.
Slack, Tim and Candice A. Myers. 2014. “The Great Recession and the Changing
Geography of Food Stamp Receipt.” Population Research and Policy Review 33: 63-79.
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Cope, Michael R., Tim Slack, Troy C. Blanchard, and Matthew R. Lee. 2013. “Does
Time Heal All Wounds? Community Attachment, Natural Resource Employment, and
Health Impacts in the Wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster.” Social Science
Research 42: 872-881.
Slack, Tim and Tracey E. Rizzuto. 2013. “Aging and Economic Well-Being in Rural
America: Exploring Income and Employment Challenges.” Pp. 57-75 in Rural Aging in
21st Century America, N. Glasgow and E.H. Berry (Eds.). New York: Springer.
Slack, Tim and Candice A. Myers. 2012. “Understanding the Geography of Food Stamp
Program Participation: Do Space and Place Matter?” Social Science Research 41: 263275.
Singelmann, Joachim, Tim Slack, and Kayla Fontenot. 2012. “Race and Place: Determinants of
Poverty in the Texas Borderland and the Lower Mississippi Delta.” Pp. 293-306 in
International Handbook of Rural Demography, L.J. Kulcsár and K. Curtis (Eds.). New
York: Springer.
Slack, Tim and Leif Jensen. 2011. “Underemployment among Minorities and
Immigrants.” Pp. 127-143 in Underemployment: Psychological, Economic and Social
Challenges, D.C. Maynard and D.C. Feldman (Eds.). New York: Springer.
Slack, Tim. 2010. “Working Poverty across the Metro-Nonmetro Divide: A Quarter-Century in
Perspective, 1979-2003.” Rural Sociology 75: 363-387.
Poston, Dudley L., Joachim Singelmann, Carlos Siordia, Tim Slack, Bruce A. Robertson,
Rogelio Saenz, and Kayla Fontenot. 2010. “Spatial Context and Poverty: Area-Level
Effects and Micro-Level Effects on Household Poverty in the Texas Borderland and
Lower Mississippi Delta, United States, 2006.” Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy 3:
139-162.
Fontenot, Kayla, Joachim Singelmann, Tim Slack, Carlos Siordia, Dudley L. Poston, and
Rogelio Saenz. 2010. “Understanding Falling Poverty in the Poorest Places: An
Examination of the Experience of the Texas Borderland and Lower Mississippi Delta,
1990-2000.” Journal of Poverty 14: 216-236.
Slack, Tim, Candice A. Myers, Joachim Singelmann, and Jessica M. Doucet. 2010.
“Impacts and Activities Following Disaster: Narratives on Recovery in HurricaneAffected Communities.” International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters 28:
1-32.
Slack, Tim and Leif Jensen. 2010. “Informal Work in Rural America: Theory and Evidence.”
Pp. 175-191 in Informal Work in Developed Nations, E.A. Marcelli, C.C. Williams, and
P. Joassart (Eds.). New York: Routledge.
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Slack, Tim, Joachim Singelmann, Kayla Fontenot, Dudley L. Poston, Rogelio Saenz, and Carlos
Siordia. 2009. “Poverty in the Texas Borderland and Lower Mississippi Delta: A
Comparative Analysis of Differences by Family Type.” Demographic Research 20: 353376.
Slack, Tim and Leif Jensen. 2008. “Birth and Fortune Revisited: A Cohort Analysis of
Underemployment, 1974-2004.” Population Research and Policy Review 27: 729-749.
Myers, Candice A., Tim Slack, and Joachim Singelmann. 2008. “Social Vulnerability
and Migration in the Wake of Disaster: The Case of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.”
Population and Environment 29: 271-291.
Lee, Matthew R. and Tim Slack. 2008. “Labor Market Conditions and Violent Crime across the
Metro-Nonmetro Divide.” Social Science Research 37: 753-768.
Slack, Tim and Leif Jensen. 2008. “Employment Hardship among Older Workers: Does
Residential and Gender Inequality Extend into Older Age?” Journal of Gerontology:
Social Sciences 63: S15-S24.
Slack, Tim and Leif Jensen. 2007. “Underemployment across Immigrant Generations.”
Social Science Research 36: 1415-1430.
Slack, Tim. 2007. “Work, Welfare, and the Informal Economy: Toward an Understanding of
Household Livelihood Strategies.” Community Development 38: 26-42.
Slack, Tim. 2007. “The Contours and Correlates of Informal Work in Rural Pennsylvania.”
Rural Sociology 72: 69-89.
Slack, Tim and Leif Jensen. 2004. “Employment Adequacy in Extractive Industries: An
Analysis of Underemployment, 1974-1998.” Society and Natural Resources 17: 129146.
Jensen, Leif and Tim Slack. 2004. “Beyond Low Wages: Underemployment in America.” Pp.
45-53 in Work-Family Challenges for Low-Income Parents and Their Children, A. Booth
and A.C. Crouter (Eds.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Jensen, Leif and Tim Slack. 2003. “Underemployment in America: Measurement and
Evidence.” American Journal of Community Psychology 32: 21-31.
Jensen, Leif, Diane K. McLaughlin, and Tim Slack. 2003. “Rural Poverty: The Persisting
Challenge.” Pp. 118-131 in Challenges for Rural America in the Twenty-First Century,
D.L. Brown and L.E. Swanson (Eds.). University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State
University Press.
Slack, Tim and Leif Jensen. 2002. “Race, Ethnicity, and Underemployment in Nonmetropolitan
America: A 30-Year Profile.” Rural Sociology 67: 208-233.
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Jensen, Leif and Tim Slack. 2000. “Marginal Employment.” Pp. 1719-25 in The Encyclopedia
of Sociology, E.F. Borgatta and R.J.V. Montgomery (Eds.). New York: Macmillan.
Additional Publications, Reports, and Creative Activity
Slack, Tim. 2014. Review of The Sociology of Spatial Inequality, edited by L.M.
Lobao, G. Hooks, and A.R. Tickamyer. Spatial Demography 2: 79-80.
Slack, Tim. 2014. “The Great Recession and America‟s Underemployment Crisis.” Scholars
Strategy Network. Available at: http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/.
Slack, Tim. 2014. Invited cameo performance for “How to End Poverty in 60 Minutes,”
HopKins Black Box Theatre, Louisiana State University.
Slack, Tim and Candice A. Myers. 2010. “Exploring the Structural Determinants of Food
Stamp Program Participation in the South: Does Place Matter?” RIDGE Project
Summaries, 2009: Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Innovation and Development
Grants in Economics Program, T.A. Majchrowicz (Ed.). U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), Economic Research Service (ERS).
Slack, Tim, Joachim Singelmann, and Candice A. Myers. 2010. “Spatial Restructuring and
Fiscal Impacts in the Wake of Disaster: The Case of the Gulf Coast Region Following
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.” Final Report to LSU-MMS Coastal Marine Institute (GM92-42-125).
Myers, Candice A., Tim Slack, and Joachim Singelmann. 2010. “Understanding the Aftermath
of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.” Population Reference Bureau. Web article available at:
http://www.prb.org/Articles/2010/socialvulnerabilitymigration.aspx.
Slack, Tim and Candice A. Myers. 2010. “Exploring the Structural Determinants of Food
Stamp Program Participation in the South: Does Place Matter?” Final Report for the
2009 Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Program
sponsored by the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) in partnership with the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economic Research Service (ERS).
Singelmann, Joachim, Tim Slack, and Kayla Fontenot. 2009. “Poverty and Place:
Understanding the Contours of Poverty, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana.” LSU AgCenter
Research and Extension.
Singelmann, Joachim, Tim Slack, and Kayla Fontenot. 2009. “Poverty and Place:
Understanding the Contours of Poverty, Washington County, Mississippi.” LSU
AgCenter Research and Extension.
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Singelmann, Joachim, Tim Slack, and Kayla Fontenot. 2009. “Poverty and Place:
Understanding the Contours of Poverty, Jefferson County, Arkansas.” LSU AgCenter
Research and Extension.
Slack, Tim and Joachim Singelmann. 2008. “Spatial Restructuring and Fiscal Impacts in the
Wake of Disaster: The Case of the Oil and Gas Industry Following Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita.” P. 231 in the proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Gulf of Mexico Information
Transfer Meeting, M. McKay and J. Nides (eds.). New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of
the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
Slack, Tim. 2005. “Work, Welfare, and the Informal Economy: An Examination of Family
Livelihood Strategies.” The Rural Sociologist 25 (2): 40-41.
Theodori, Gene L., A.E. Luloff, and Timothy A. Slack. 2000. “Recreationists‟ Attitudes
Toward the Forest and Forest Management Policies.” Pp. 219-223 in the Proceedings of
the 1999 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium, G. Kyle (ed.). Radnor, PA: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station.
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Total dollars in funded research: $9.9 million
Co-Principal Investigator (with PI Melissa Finucane, RAND Corporation, Lead Co-PI Matthew
R. Lee and Co-PI Troy C. Blanchard, LSU A&M, 16 investigators, 4 institutions).
“Consortium for Resilient Gulf Communities.” Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative
(GoMRI) RFP-IV. 2015-2017. $8,000,000.
Principal Investigator. “Exploring the Influence of Local Change on Food Stamp Participation
During the Great Recession: Small Town America in Comparative Perspective.”
Louisiana State University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Manship
Summer Research Award. 2014. $7,500.
Principal Investigator (with Co-PIs Troy C. Blanchard, Yoshinori Kamo, and Fredrick Weil).
“Proposal to Create LSU Department of Sociology Graduate Computer Lab.” Louisiana
State University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2014. $27,665.
Principal Investigator. “Understanding the Social Dimensions of Environmental Change in
Coastal Louisiana.” Economic Development Assistantship, Louisiana State University,
The Graduate School. 2014. $12,500.
Co-Principal Investigator (with PI Matthew R. Lee, and Co-PIs Troy C. Blanchard, Jeff Carney,
and Kirby Goidel, LSU). “Vulnerability and Resilience in Threatened Coastal Louisiana
Communities.” National Sea Grant College Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. 2012-2014. $190,086.
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Principal Investigator (with Co-PIs Troy C. Blanchard and Robert Goidel, LSU).
“Understanding the Social Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Context of
Community Vulnerability and Resiliency.” Louisiana State University, Office of
Research and Economic Development, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, Round 2.
2011-2012. $128,016.
Co-Principal Investigator (with PI Troy C. Blanchard, LSU). “Tracking Community Resilience
in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster: Assessing the Evidence.” Louisiana
State University, Office of Research and Economic Development, Gulf of Mexico
Research Initiative, Short-Term and Bridge Projects. 2011. $60,553
Co-Principal Investigator (with PI Troy C. Blanchard, and Co-PIs William Bankston, Sarah
Becker, Susan Dumais, Robert Goidel, Justine Tinkler, and Fredrick Weil, LSU).
“Tracking Community Resilience in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster:
Developing Infrastructure for Analyzing the Human Impact on Coastal Communities.”
Louisiana State University, Office of Research and Economic Development, Gulf of
Mexico Research Initiative, Round 1. 2010-2011. $65,974.
Co-Principal Investigator (with PI J. Matthew Fannin, LSU AgCenter, and Co-PIs Troy C.
Blanchard, LSU, and Mark Schafer, LSU AgCenter and LSU). “A Prospectus for
Historical Social and Economic Analysis of the Oil and Gas Industry for the Gulf of
Mexico Region.” U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service,
Coastal Marine Institute. 2010-2011. $83,272.
Co-Principal Investigator (with PI Mark Schafer, LSU AgCenter and LSU, and Co-PIs Troy C.
Blanchard, LSU, and J. Matthew Fannin, LSU AgCenter). “Improving Capacity for
Institutional Impact Assessment of the Oil and Gas Industry in the Gulf of Mexico
Region.” U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Coastal
Marine Institute. 2009-2011. $404,553.
Co-Principal Investigator (with PI Leif Jensen, Pennsylvania State University, and Co-PI Ann R.
Tickamyer, Ohio University). “Collaborative Research: A National Survey of Informal
Work.” National Science Foundation, Sociology Program. 2007-2011. $260,000.
Principal Investigator. “Exploring the Structural Determinants of Food Stamp Program
Dynamics in the South: Does Place Matter?” Food Assistance and Nutrition Research
Innovation and Development Grants in Economics Program sponsored by the Southern
Rural Development Center with funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Economic Research Service. 2008-2009. $34,852.
Co-Principal Investigator (with PI Rogelio Saenz, Texas A&M, and Co-PIs Dudley L. Poston,
Texas A&M, and Joachim Singelmann, LSU and LSU AgCenter). “Race and Place:
Patterns and Dynamics of Poverty in the Texas Borderland and Lower Mississippi
Delta.” U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Research Initiative, Rural
Development Program. 2006-2010. $452,000.
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Principal Investigator (with Co-PI Joachim Singelmann, LSU and LSU AgCenter). “Spatial
Restructuring and Fiscal Impacts in the Wake of Disaster: The Case of the Oil and Gas
Industry Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.” U.S. Department of the Interior,
Minerals Management Service, Coastal Marine Institute. 2006-2009. $161,314.
Principal Investigator. “Birth and Fortune Revisited: A Cohort Analysis of Underemployment,
1974-2004.” Louisiana State University, Office of Research and Economic
Development, Council on Research Summer Stipend. 2006. $5,000.
Principal Investigator. “Alternative Economic Strategies Among Low-Income Rural
Households.” Penn State University, College of Agricultural Sciences, Graduate Student
Competitive Research Grants Program. 2003. $2,000.
Principal Investigator. “Alternative Economic Strategies in an Era of Recession, Restructuring,
and Welfare Reform: An Analysis of Nonmetro Households.” Rural Sociological
Society, Dissertation Research Award. 2002. $8,000.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND AWARDS
Rainmaker Award for Research and Creative Activity, Emerging Scholar in the Arts,
Humanities, and Social Sciences, Office of Research and Economic Development, Louisiana
State University, 2011.
Excellence in Teaching Award, The Sociology Society, Louisiana State University, 2011.
Award for Dedication to Instruction of Freshman Students, Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman
Honor Society, Louisiana State University, 2005.
Dissertation Fellow, Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI), Rural Poverty Research Center,
2003-2004, $20,000.
Dissertation Award, Penn State Alumni Association, 2002, $5,000.
Gamma Sigma Delta, The International Honor Society of Agriculture, 2001.
TEACHING
Courses Taught
Total number of students completed as instructor of record (through Spring 2014): 2,760
Undergraduate Level
SOCL 2001: Introductory Sociology
SOCL 2002: Honors Introductory Sociology
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SOCL 3505: Poverty in the United States
SOCL 4351: Rural Social Organization
Graduate Level
SOCL 7591: Poverty in the United States
SOCL 7351: Rural Social Organization
SOCL 7391: Social Stratification
SOCL 7903: Pro-Seminar in Sociology
Graduate Committees
Total number of graduate-level dissertation/thesis committee memberships: 18
Sociology dissertations/theses directed: 4
Michael Cope (Ph.D. current); Candice Myers (M.A. 2007, Ph.D. 2012); Vanessa Parks
(Ph.D. current); Jordan Smith (M.A. current)
Sociology dissertation/thesis committee memberships (non-chair): 10
Kira Arthurs (M.A. 2012); Raymond Baranco (M.A. 2007); Emily Blosser (M.A.
current); Joseph Clark (M.A. current); Michael Boutte (M.A. 2006); Russell Davis (Ph.D.
2007); Kayla Fontenot (M.A. 2007, Ph.D. current); Nile Patterson (M.A. 2013); Sarah
Walsh (Ph.D. 2013); Aaryn Ward (Ph.D. 2011)
Outside member/dean‟s representative: 4
William Bertolette (Ph.D. 2012, History), Khata Jabor (Ph.D. 2010, Human Resource
Education and Workforce Development), Thomas Johnson (M.A. 2012, Liberal Arts),
Fen Yu (Ph.D. 2007, Educational Leadership and Research)
Additional Teaching Activities
Ronald E. McNair Research Scholars Program, Student Research Advisor. Christina Wolfe
(B.A., Sociology), 2006-2007.
Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Committee Member. Chad Gremillion (B.A., Psychology), 2011.
Pedagogical Development
Teaching 101: The Fundamentals. Centers for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Louisiana
State University. Spring 2006. Five session workshop series on issues related to college
teaching.
The Penn State Course in College Teaching. The Schreyer Institute for Innovation in Learning,
Pennsylvania State University. Spring 2003. Ten session course on issues related to college
teaching.
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CONFERENCE PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND RELATED ACTIVITES
Conference Papers, Panels, and Professional Presentations
Total number of presentations: 68
Slack, Tim. “The Great Recession and the U.S. Underemployment Crisis: Exploring the Impact
of Educational Attainment in the Central City.” Paper presented at the International
Conference on Urban Education, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 2014.
Myers, Candice A., Tim Slack, Timothy S. Church, Corby K. Martin, Stephanie T. Broyles, and
Steven B. Heymsfield. “Diabetes Prevalence is Associated with Different Community
Factors between the Diabetes Belt and the Remainder of the United States.” Poster
presented at the annual meetings of The Obesity Society, Boston, MA, 2014.
Slack, Tim and Candice A. Myers. “Exploring the Influence of Local Change on Food Stamp
Participation during the Great Recession: Small Town America in Comparative
Perspective.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society,
New Orleans, LA, 2014.
Cope, Michael R., Tim Slack, Troy C. Blanchard, and Matthew R. Lee. “Social Vulnerability
and Intended Migration Following a Technological Disaster: The BP Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill and Southeast Louisiana.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Rural
Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, 2014.
Slack, Tim. “The Geography of U.S. Poverty: Space, Place, and Implications for Health.”
Presentation for the AmeriHealth Caritas Health Equities Council Speakers Series, Baton
Rouge, LA, 2014.
Gikas, Lydia, Jeffrey Carney, Matthew R. Lee, Troy C. Blanchard, Tim Slack, Michael R. Cope,
and Kirby Goidel. “Communities on the Edge: Building Local Capacity through
Regional Networks.” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Environmental
Design Research Association, New Orleans, LA, 2014.
Cope, Michael R., Tim Slack, Troy C. Blanchard, and Matthew R. Lee. “Vulnerability to
Negative Health Impacts Following the BP-DH Disaster: Time, Community Attachment,
and Natural Resource Employment.” Poster presented at the LSU Graduate School
Economic Development Assistantship Symposium, Baton Rouge, LA, 2014.
Slack, Tim. “Underemployment and the Great Recession: A Lingering Crisis.” Invited
presidential plenary at the annual meetings of the Southern Sociological Society,
Charlotte, NC, 2014.
Slack, Tim. “Work in Rural America in the Era of Globalization.” Paper presented at annual
meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Charlotte, NC, 2014.
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Carney, Jeff and Tim Slack. Facilitated by Jennifer Jolly. “Interdisciplinary Collaboration.”
LSU Office of Research and Economic Development Creative Initiatives Task Force
Brown Bag, 2014.
Slack, Tim and Candice A. Myers. “The Great Recession and the Changing Geography of Food
Stamp Receipt.” Invited presentation at the Rural Poverty Research Symposium
organized by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta in partnership with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, Atlanta, GA, 2013.
Myers, Candice A., Tim Slack, Corby K. Martin, Stephanie T. Broyles, and Steven B.
Heymsfield. “Change in Obesity Prevalence across the United States and Associated
Community Characteristics.” Poster presented at the annual meetings of The Obesity
Society, Atlanta, GA, 2013.
Myers, Candice A., Tim Slack, Corby K. Martin, Stephanie T. Broyles, and Steven B.
Heymsfield. “Differential Community Characteristics Associated with Obesity
Prevalence between the South and Non-South United States.” Poster presented at the
annual meetings of The Obesity Society, Atlanta, GA, 2013.
Cope, Michael R., Tim Slack, Troy C. Blanchard, and Matthew R. Lee. “Emplaced
Social Vulnerability to Technological Disasters: Southeast Louisiana and the BP
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Paper presented at annual conference of the Sociology of
Development section of the American Sociological Association, Salt Lake City, UT,
2013.
Slack, Tim, Michael R. Cope, Troy C. Blanchard, and Matthew R. Lee. “Vulnerability to
Negative Health Impacts Following the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster: Examining the
Influence of Time, Community Attachment, and Natural Resource Employment.” Paper
invited by the President of the Rural Sociological Society for a joint session at the annual
meetings of the American Sociological Association and the Rural Sociological Society,
New York, NY, 2013.
Cope, Michael R., Tim Slack, Troy C. Blanchard, and Matthew R. Lee. “It‟s Not Whether You
Win or Lose, It‟s How You Place the Blame: Recreancy and the 2010 BP Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological
Society, New York, NY, 2013.
Myers, Candice A., Tim Slack, Corby K. Martin, and Steven B. Heymsfield. “Exploring the
Contextual Factors Associated with Geographic Variation in Obesity Rates across the
U.S.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Sociological Society,
Atlanta, GA, 2013.
Slack, Tim, Michael R. Cope, Troy C. Blanchard, and Matthew R. Lee. “Health Impacts from
the BP Disaster: Understanding the Role of Time, Community Attachment, and Natural
Resource Employment.” Paper presented at the 3rd Anniversary of the Deepwater
Incident Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, 2013.
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Cope, Michael R., Tim Slack, Troy C. Blanchard, and Matthew R. Lee. “Community
Attachment, Natural Resource Employment, and Health Impacts Following the BP
Deepwater Horizon Disaster.” Paper presented at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and
Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2013.
Slack, Tim and Candice A. Myers. “The Great Recession and Food Stamp Receipt in Rural and
Small Town America.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological
Society, Chicago, IL, 2012.
Cope, Michael R., Tim Slack, Troy C. Blanchard, and Matthew R. Lee. “Vulnerability and
Resiliency in Coastal Louisiana: Assessing the Impacts of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil
Spill.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society,
Chicago, IL, 2012.
Jensen, Leif, Ann R. Tickamyer, Tim Slack, and Paige Davis. “Is There a „Rural‟ Informal
Economy? Exploring Residential Variation Using County-Level Indicators and
Alternative Definitions of Informal Work.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the
Rural Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, 2012.
Slack, Tim, Joachim Singelmann, and Candice A. Myers. “Social Vulnerability and Migration in
the Wake of Disaster: The Case of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.” Invited poster
presented at the Coastal Marine Institute 20th Anniversary Symposium, Baton Rouge,
LA, 2012.
Myers, Candice A. and Tim Slack. “Food Stamp Program Participation and the Great
Recession.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Sociological Society,
New Orleans, LA, 2012.
Cope, Michael R., Tim Slack, and Troy C. Blanchard. “Vulnerability, Resiliency, and
Community Disruption in Costal Louisiana: Assessing the Social Impacts of the BP
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern
Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, 2012.
Slack, Tim and Candice A. Myers. “Food Stamp Program Participation and Persistent Regional
Poverty: Does Place Matter?” Invited paper presentation at the Southern Regional
Science Association Miniconference on Poverty and Regional Analysis, Baton Rouge,
LA, 2011.
Myers, Candice A. and Tim Slack. “Understanding Food Stamp Program Participation in
Rural High Poverty Regions: What Role do Place-Based Characteristics Play?” Paper
presented at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA, 2010.
Myers, Candice A. and Tim Slack. “Exploring the Structural Determinants of Food
Stamp Program Participation in the South: Does Place Matter?” Paper presented at a
roundtable at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta,
GA, 2010.
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Tickamyer, Ann R., Leif Jensen, Tim Slack, and Nina Cesare. “Gender and Informal
Activity in the United States.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American
Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, 2010.
Slack, Tim, Candice A. Myers, and Joachim Singelmann. “Social Vulnerability, Population
Change, and Disaster: Examining the Nexus Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.”
Paper presented at the meetings of the Center for Natural Resource Economics and
Policy, New Orleans, LA, 2010.
Singelmann, Joachim, Tim Slack, Kayla Fontenot, Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Rogelio Saenz, and
Carlos Siordia. “Expert and Local Knowledge: Poverty Researchers Meet Community
Leaders.” Paper presented at the Applied Demography Conference, San Antonio, TX,
2010.
Myers, Candice A. and Tim Slack. “Food Stamp Program Outcomes and Persistent Poverty: Do
the Structural Determinants of Program Participation Differ by Region?” Paper
presented at the annual meetings of the Mid-South Sociological Society, Lafayette, LA,
2009.
Slack, Tim and Candice A. Myers. “Exploring the Structural Determinants of Food Stamp
Program Participation in the South: Does Place Matter?” Versions of paper presented at
the mid-year meeting of the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) Research
Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Program, Atlanta, GA, and
the annual meeting of the Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics
(RIDGE) Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economic
Research Service (ERS), Washington, DC, 2009.
Singelmann, Joachim, Tim Slack, Kayla Fontenot, Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Rogelio Saenz, and
Carlos Siordia. “Race, Household, and Poverty: A Comparative Study of
Underdevelopment in the United States.” Paper presented at the XXVI International
Union for the Scientific Study of Population International Population Conference,
Marrakech, Morocco, 2009.
Poston, Dudley L., Jr., Carlos Siordia, Tim Slack, Bruce A. Robertson, Joachim Singelmann,
Rogelio Saenz, and Kayla Fontenot. “Spatial Location Matters: Area-Level Effects and
Micro-Level Effects of Household Poverty in the Texas Borderland and Lower
Mississippi Delta: United States, 2006.” Paper presented at the XXVI International Union
for the Scientific Study of Population International Population Conference, Marrakech,
Morocco, 2009.
Slack, Tim. “The „Face‟ of Poverty in the South.” Invited presentation for Turning the Tide on
Poverty: Creating Vibrant Communities Together, a workshop sponsored by the Southern
Rural Development Center (SRDC) and Everyday Democracy with support from the
Farm Foundation and Kettering Foundation, 2009.
Tim Slack, Curriculum Vitae – Page 14
Slack, Tim and Candice A. Myers. “Exploring the Structural Determinants of Food Stamp
Program Participation: Does Metro/Nonmetro Character Matter?” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Madison, WI, 2009.
Jensen, Leif, Ann R. Tickamyer, Tim Slack, and David Ader. “Participation in the Informal
Economy: Does Rural Residence Matter?” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Rural Sociological Society, Madison, WI, 2009.
Siordia, Carlos, Rogelio Saenz, Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Bruce A. Robertson, Joachim
Singelmann, Tim Slack, and Kayla Fontenot. “Poverty in the Southern Region: An
Analysis of Counties the Counties of the Texas Borderland and the Lower Mississippi
Delta.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society,
Madison, WI, 2009.
Slack, Tim. Invited panelist for session titled “Networking, Mentorship, and Success in Rural
Sociology,” at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Madison, WI, 2009.
Poston, Dudley L., Jr., Carlos Siordia, Tim Slack, Bruce Robertson, Joachim Singelmann,
Rogelio Saenz, and Kayla Fontenot. “Area-Level Effects and Household-Level Effects
on Household Poverty in the Texas Borderland and Lower Mississippi Delta: A MultiLevel Analysis.” Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of
America, Detroit, MI, 2009.
Slack, Tim, Leif Jensen, and Ann Tickamyer. “Informal Work: Preliminary Findings from a
National-Level Survey.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern
Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, 2009.
Myers, Candice A. and Tim Slack. “Exploring the Structural Determinants of the Food Stamp
Program: Does Place Matter?” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern
Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, 2009.
Slack, Tim, Joachim Singelmann, and Candice Myers. “Spatial Restructuring and Fiscal Impacts
in the Wake of Disaster: The Case of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.” Invited presentation
at the Information Transfer Meeting of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals
Management Service (MMS), New Orleans, LA, 2009.
Tickamyer, Ann, Tim Slack, and Leif Jensen. “Gender and Informal Activity in the United
States.” Paper presented at Transforming Work: A Multidisciplinary Conference on New
Forms of Employment and their Regulation, Oxford University, England, 2008.
Slack, Tim, Joachim Singelmann, and Kayla Fontenot. “Poverty in the Texas Borderland and
Lower Mississippi Delta: A Comparative Analysis of Differences by Family Type.”
Paper presented at the International Sociological Association Forum of Sociology,
Barcelona, Spain, 2008.
Tim Slack, Curriculum Vitae – Page 15
Slack, Tim. “Working Poverty across the Metro-Nonmetro Divide, 1980-2000.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Manchester, NH,
2008.
Fontenot, Kayla, Joachim Singelmann, and Tim Slack. “Race and Place: Changes in Poverty in
the Borderland and the Delta, 1990-2000.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Rural Sociological Society, Manchester, NH, 2008.
Saenz, Rogelio, Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Joachim Singelmann, Tim Slack, and Kayla Fontentot.
“Race and Place: Patterns and Dynamics of Poverty in the Texas Borderland and Lower
Mississippi Delta.” Poster presented at a joint meeting of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
(CSREES), Rural Development Program, and the Rural Sociological Society,
Manchester, NH, 2008.
Myers, Candice A. and Tim Slack. “Migration and Social Vulnerability in the Wake of Disaster:
The Case of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Southern Demographic Association, Birmingham, AL, 2007.
Slack, Tim, Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Rogelio Saenz, Joachim Singelmann, and Kayla Fontenot.
“Poverty in the Borderland and Delta: A Comparative Analysis of Differences by Family
Type.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Santa
Clara, CA, 2007.
Singelmann, Joachim, Dudley L. Poston, Jr., Rogelio Saenz, Tim Slack, and Kayla Fontenot.
“Race and Place: A Comparative Analysis of Poverty in the Texas Borderland and Lower
Mississippi Delta.” Versions of paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population
Association of America, New York, NY, 2007, and the annual meeting of the European
Society for Rural Sociology, Wageningen, Netherlands, 2007.
Slack, Tim and Joachim Singelmann. “Spatial Restructuring and Fiscal Impacts in the Wake of
Disaster: The Case of the Oil and Gas Industry Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.”
Invited presentation at the Information Transfer Meeting of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS), Kenner, LA, 2007.
Slack, Tim. Invited panelist for session titled “Behind the Scenes at an Academic Journal,” at
the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Louisville, KY, 2006.
Lee, Matthew R. and Tim Slack. “Labor Market Conditions and Violent Crime Across the
Metro-Nonmetro Divide.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-South
Sociological Association, Lafayette, LA, 2006.
Slack, Tim. “Informal Work in Rural Pennsylvania.” Versions of paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Tampa, FL, 2005, and the annual meeting of
the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, 2006.
Tim Slack, Curriculum Vitae – Page 16
Poston, Dudley L., Jr., Rogelio Saenz, Joachim Singelmann, and Tim Slack. “Poverty in the
Lower Mississippi Delta and the Texas Borderland: A Comparative Approach.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Tampa, FL, 2005.
Slack, Tim. Invited panelist for session titled “Tips for Students on the Job Market,” at the
annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Tampa, FL, 2005.
Slack, Tim. “Work, Welfare, and the Informal Economy: An Examination of Family Livelihood
Strategies in Rural Pennsylvania.” Paper presented at the Northeastern U.S. Rural
Poverty Conference, co-sponsored by the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI), Rural
Poverty Research Center (RPRC), and the Northeast Regional Center for Rural
Development (NRCRD), State College, PA, 2005.
Slack, Tim and Leif Jensen. “The Economic Strategies of Low-Income Families in Nonmetro
Pennsylvania.” Paper presented at a joint session of the annual meeting of the American
Agricultural Economics Association and the Rural Sociological Society, Montreal,
Canada, 2003.
Jensen, Leif and Tim Slack. “Underemployment Across Immigrant Generations.” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Minneapolis,
MN, 2003.
Slack, Tim. “Employment Adequacy and Alternative Economic Strategies Among Nonmetro
Families: An Overview of Past and Ongoing Research.” Invited presentation to the
Department of Human and Community Resource Development, The Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH, 2002.
Slack, Tim and Leif Jensen. “The Changing Relationship Between Work and Poverty in
Nonmetro America, 1980-2000.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rural
Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, 2002.
Jensen, Leif and Tim Slack. “Beyond Low Wages: Underemployment in America.” Paper
presented at the National Symposium on Family Issues, State College, PA, 2002.
Slack, Tim. “Race, Ethnicity, and Rural Residence: A Cohort Analysis of Underemployment,
1968-1997.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society,
Washington, D.C., 2000.
Slack, Tim. “Race, Ethnicity, and Underemployment in Nonmetropolitan America: A 30-Year
Profile.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society,
Chicago, IL, 1999.
Theodori, Gene L., A.E. Luloff, and Tim Slack. “Recreationist‟s Attitudes Toward the Forest
and Forest Management Policies.” Paper presented at the annual Northeastern Recreation
Research Symposium, Bolton Landing, NY, 1999.
Tim Slack, Curriculum Vitae – Page 17
Additional Activities at Professional Meetings
Co-organizer and chair for feature session titled “Immigrant Children and Families: Current
Well-Being and Implications for Rural Communities,” at the annual meeting of the Rural
Sociological Society, Santa Clara, CA, 2007.
Organizer and chair for session titled “Where We Are and Where We Need to Go: A Panel on
Directions for Rural Poverty Research,” at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society,
Louisville, KY, 2006.
SERVICE
Department Service
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2013Present.
Chair, Faculty Recruitment Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University,
2014.
Chair, Undergraduate Program Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State
University, 2013-Present.
Chair, Metrics and Assessment Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State
University, 2013-2014.
Member, Awards Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2013-2014.
Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University,
2013.
Member, Advisory Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, 20122014.
Coordinator, Department Website, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2009Present.
Coordinator, Social Inequality Area, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, 20092012.
Member, Undergraduate Program Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State
University, 2010-2012.
Member, Graduate Program Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University,
2007-2009.
Tim Slack, Curriculum Vitae – Page 18
Member, Graduate Admissions and Assistantships Committee, Department of Sociology,
Louisiana State University, 2007-2009.
Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University,
2006-2007.
Member, Faculty Recruitment Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University,
2005-2006.
Member, Tenure and Promotions Criteria Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State
University, 2005-2006.
Member, Undergraduate Program Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State
University, 2004-2006.
University Service
LSU Representative for Coastal Social Science Initiatives, Southeastern Universities Research
Association (SURA), 2013-Present.
Member, Committee on Academic Planning and Program Evaluations, College of Humanities
and Social Sciences, Louisiana State University, 2013-Present.
Member, Committee to develop a Graduate Certificate in Community Engagement, The
Graduate School, Louisiana State University, 2013-Present.
Faculty Representative, Student Union Advisory Board, Louisiana State University, 2009-2011.
Reviewer, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipend Program, Louisiana
State University, Office of Research and Economic Development, 2010.
University Faculty Senator, Louisiana State University, 2009 (interim appointment).
Core Planning Team, Louisiana Poverty Initiative, Multidisciplinary Hiring Initiative (MHI),
(PI Pamela Monroe, Social Work), Louisiana State University. Selected for funding by the LSU
Office of Research and Economic Development in February 2008.
Professional Service
Editorial Activities
Editorial Board, Population Research and Policy Review, 2012-2014.
Associate Editor, Rural Sociology, 2005-2009.
Tim Slack, Curriculum Vitae – Page 19
Ad Hoc Reviewer:
American Journal of Sociology; American Sociological Review; Community Development;
Demographic Research; Economic Research Service Information Bulletin Series; International
Migration Review; Growth and Change; Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences; Population
and Environment; Obesity; Oxford University Press; Policy Press at the University of Bristol;
Population Research and Policy Review; Race and Social Problems; Rural Sociology; Social
Forces; Social Problems; Society and Natural Resources; Sociological Focus; Sociological
Inquiry; Social Science Research; Social Service Review; Sociological Spectrum; Sociological
Theory; The Social Science Journal; The Sociological Quarterly
Review Panels
Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP), U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), Economic Research Service (ERS), 2011.
Turning the Tide on Poverty: Creating Vibrant Communities Together, Everyday Democracy
and the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC), 2009.
Sustainable Community Innovation Grant, Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research
and Education (SARE) Program Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC), 2005.
Elected Positions
Chair, W2001: Rural Population Dynamics and Change, U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES), Multistate
Research Committee, 2009-2011.
Member, Nominations Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 2009-2010.
Chair, Rural Poverty Research Interest Group, Rural Sociological Society, 2006-2007.
Co-Chair, Rural Poverty Research Interest Group, Rural Sociological Society, 2005-2006.
Other Professional Appointments
Chair, Publications Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 2011-2012.
Member, Publications Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 2011-2014.
Member, Local Arrangements Committee, Mid-South Sociological Association, 2010.
Member, Professional Communications Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 2006-2009.
Member, Program Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 2007.
Tim Slack, Curriculum Vitae – Page 20
Member, Standing Committee on Research and Interest Groups, Rural Sociological Society,
2007.
Member, Program Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 2006.
Member, Membership Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 2003-2006.
Graduate Student Member, Professional Communications Committee, Rural Sociological
Society, 2002-2003.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association (ASA)
Population Association of America (PAA)
Rural Sociological Society (RSS)
Scholar Strategy Network (SSN)
Southern Demographic Association (SDA)
Southern Sociological Society (SSS)
USDA Multi-State Research Committee on Rural Population Dynamics and Change
REFERENCES
Available upon request.