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Curriculum Vitae February 2019

Tim Slack

Department of Sociology Phone: (225) 578-1116

Louisiana State University Fax: (225) 578-5102

126 Stubbs Hall Email: [email protected]

Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Web: http://www.lsu.edu/sociology

EDUCATION

2004 Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University-University Park, Rural Sociology

2000 M.S., Pennsylvania State University-University Park, Rural Sociology and

Demography (dual degree)

1998 B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Rural Sociology

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Current Positions

2017-Present Professor, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University

Past Positions

2011-2017 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University

2013-2015 Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State

University

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

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Research Affiliations

2005-Present Research Affiliate, Louisiana Center for Rural Initiatives (LCRI), Louisiana State

University

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 and poverty; community and environment; social demography; rural

sociology

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Total number of articles and book chapters: 43

Drakeford, Leah, Vanessa Parks, Tim Slack, Rajeev Ramchand, Melissa Finucane, and Matthew

R. Lee. Forthcoming. “Oil Spill Disruption and Problem Drinking: Assessing the Impact

of Religious Context among Gulf Coast Residents.” Population Research and Policy

Review.

Jensen, Leif, Ann R. Tickamyer, and Tim Slack. Forthcoming. “Rural-Urban Variation in

Informal Work Activities in the United States.” Journal of Rural Studies.

Finucane, Melissa, Michael Blum, Rajeev Ramchand, Andrew Parker, Shanthi Nataraj, Noreen

Clancy, Gary Checchine, Anita Chandra, Tim Slack, George Hobor, Regardt Ferreira,

Amy Lesen, and Craig Bond. Forthcoming. “Advancing Community Resilience and

Practice: Moving from 'Me' to 'We' to '3D'.” Journal of Risk Research.

Lin, Ya-Feng, Yoshinori Kamo, and Tim Slack. 2018. “Is It the Government’s Responsibility to

Reduce Income Inequality? An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Public Opinion Toward

Redistributive Policy in the United States, 1978-2016.” Sociological Spectrum 38: 162-

173.


Cope, Michael R., Matthew R. Lee, Tim Slack, Troy C. Blanchard, Jeff Carney, Forbes

Lipschitz, and Lydia Gikas. 2018. “Geographically Distant Social Networks Elevate

Preparedness for Coastal Environmental Threats.” Population and Environment 39: 277-

296.

Thiede, Brian C., Daniel T. Lichter, and Tim Slack. 2018. “Working, but Poor: The Good Life in

Rural America?” Journal of Rural Studies 59: 183-193.

Parks, Vanessa, Leah Drakeford, Michael R. Cope, and Tim Slack. 2018. “Disruption of

Routine Behaviors Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Society and Natural

Resources 3: 277-290.

Thiede, Brian C., Hyojung Kim, and Tim Slack. 2017. “Marriage, Work, and Racial Inequalities

in Poverty: Evidence from the U.S.” Journal of Marriage and Family 79: 1241-1257.

Thiede, Brian C. and Tim Slack. 2017. “The Old versus New Economies and their Impacts.” Pp.

231-256 in Rural Poverty in the United States, A. Tickamyer, J. Sherman, and J. Warlick

(Eds.). New York, NY: Columbia University Press.

Slack, Tim, Michael R. Cope, Leif Jensen, and Ann R. Tickamyer. 2017. “Social Embeddedness,

Formal Labor Supply, and Informal Work.” International Journal of Sociology and

Social Policy 37: 248-264. (Highly Commended Paper, 2018 Emerald Literati Awards

for Excellence).

Myers, Candice A., Tim Slack, Stephanie T. Broyles, Steven B. Heymsfield, Timothy S. Church,

and Corby K. Martin. 2017. “Diabetes Prevalence is Associated with Different

Community Factors in the Diabetes Belt versus the Rest of the United States.” Obesity

25: 452-459.

Cope, Michael R. and Tim Slack. 2017. “Emplaced Social Vulnerability to Technological

Disasters: Southeast Louisiana and the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Population and

Environment 38: 217-241.

Cope, Michael R., Tim Slack, Troy C. Blanchard, and Matthew R. Lee. 2016. “It’s Not Whether

You Win or Lose, It’s How You Place the Blame: Shifting Perceptions Recreancy in the

Context of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Rural Sociology 81: 295-315.

Myers, Candice A., Tim Slack, Corby K. Martin, Stephanie T. Broyles, and Steven B.

Heymsfield. 2016. “Change in Obesity Prevalence across the United States is Influenced

by Recreational and Healthcare Contexts, Food Environments, and Hispanic

Populations.” PLOS ONE 11: e0148394.


Heymsfield. 2015. “Regional Disparities in Obesity Prevalence in the United States: A

Spatial Regime Analysis.” Obesity 23: 481-487.


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.

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: 263-

275.

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 Hurricane-Affected

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.

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: 353-

376.

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: 129-146.


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.

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 (GM-

92-42-125).

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.


the Contours of Poverty, Washington County, Mississippi.” LSU AgCenter Research and

Extension.


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.” Pp. 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 Tim 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: $13.1 million

Co-Principal Investigator (with PI Rajeev Ramchand, and Co-PIs Andrew Parker, Shanthi

Nataraj, and Melissa Finucane, RAND Corporation). “RAPID: A Longitudinal

Assessment of Risk and Resilience in the Gulf of Mexico Following Hurricane Harvey.”

National Science Foundation. 2017-2018. $200,000.

Co-Principal Investigator (with PI Aly Mousaad Aly, and Co-PIs Carol Friedland, Barry Keim,

Dimitris Nikitopoulos, Robert Twilley, George Voyiadjis, and Muhammad Wahab).

“Hurricane Flow Generation at High Reynolds Number for Testing Energy and Coastal

Infrastructure.” Louisiana Board of Regents. 2016-2017. $125,185.


Principal Investigator (with Co-PIs Matthew R. Lee, LSU, Jaishree Beedasy, Columbia

University, and Thomas Chandler, Columbia University). “Understanding Resilience

Attributes for Children, Youth, and Communities in the Wake of the Deepwater Horizon

Oil Spill.” Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) RFP-V. 2016-2018. $1,929,860.

Co-Principal Investigator (with PI Melissa Finucane, RAND Corporation, Lead Co-PI Matthew

R. Lee and Co-PI Troy C. Blanchard, LSU, 16 investigators, 4 institutions). “Consortium

for Resilient Gulf Communities.” Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) RFP-IV.

2015-2019. $8,987,037.

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,

LSU). “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.” Louisiana Sea Grant College Program via the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration. 2012-2014. $190,086.

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 (RIDGE) 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.

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

Highly Commended Paper, 2018 Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence, for: Tim Slack,

Michael R. Cope, Leif Jensen, Ann R. Tickamyer. 2017. “Social Embeddedness,

Formal Labor Supply, and Informal Work.” International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

37: 248-264.

First-place winner for Best Research Poster at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological

Society, Portland, OR, 2018, for: Kathryn Keating, Tim Slack, Jaishree Beedasy, Thomas

Chandler, and Jeremy Brooks. “Primary Healthcare Need as a Dimension of Resilience

following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Definition, Access, Perception.”

LSU Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award, Louisiana State University, 2015.

LSU 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, 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.

Penn State Alumni Association Dissertation Award, 2002.

Gamma Sigma Delta, International Honor Society of Agriculture, 2001.

TEACHING

Courses Taught

Total number of students completed as instructor of record (through Fall 2018): 3,182

Undergraduate Level

SOCL 2001: Introductory Sociology

SOCL 2002: Honors Introductory Sociology

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: 23

Sociology dissertations/theses directed: 5

Michael Cope (Ph.D. 2015, assistant professor, Brigham Young University); Candice

Myers (M.A. 2007; Ph.D. 2012, assistant professor, LSU Pennington Biomedical

Research Center); Vanessa Parks (Ph.D. current); Kathryn Keating (M.A. 2018; Ph.D.

current)

Sociology dissertation/thesis committee memberships (non-chair): 13

Kira Arthurs (M.A. 2012); Raymond Baranco (M.A. 2007); Emily Blosser (M.A. 2014);

Michael Boutte (M.A. 2006); Kyle Breen (M.A. 2018); Joseph Clark (M.A. 2014);

Russell Davis (Ph.D. 2007); Leah Drakeford (M.A. 2016); Kayla Fontenot (M.A. 2007,

Ph.D. 2015); Hyojung Kim (M.A. 2015); Nile Patterson (M.A. 2013); Sarah Walsh

(Ph.D. 2013); Aaryn Ward (Ph.D. 2011)

Outside member/dean’s representative: 5

William Bertolette (Ph.D. 2012, History); Khata Jabor (Ph.D. 2010, Human Resource

Education and Workforce Development); Thomas Johnson (M.A. 2012, Liberal Arts);

Celena Trahan (Ph.D. 2017), Human Resource Education and Workforce Development;

Fen Yu (Ph.D. 2007, Educational Leadership and Research)

Additional Teaching Activities

Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Committee Member. Chad Gremillion (Psychology), 2011.

Ronald E. McNair Research Scholars Program, Student Research Advisor. Christina Wolfe

(Sociology), 2006-2007.

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.


CONFERENCE PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, AND RELATED ACTIVITES

Conference Papers, Panels, and Professional Presentations

Total number of presentations: 104

Brooks, Jeremy, Jonathan Sury, David Abramson, Tim Slack, Thomas Chandler, and Jaishree

Beedasy. “Disastrous Consequences: Comparing Communities After a Human-Caused

and a Natural Disaster.” Paper presented at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem

Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2019.

Brooks, Jeremy, Jonathan Sury, Jaishree Beedasy, Thomas Chandler, Antonia Samur-Zuniga,

Kathryn S. Keating, and Tim Slack. “Resilience in Louisiana: A Longitudinal Study of

Recovery from the Deepwater Horizon Spill.” Paper presented at the Gulf of Mexico Oil

Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2019.

Davis, Ifeyinwa F., Sarah Becker, Kathryn S. Keating, Jaishree Beedasy, Thomas Chandler, and

Tim Slack. “Child, Family and Community Resilience Seven Years After the Deepwater

Horizon Oil Spill: Qualitative Insights from Louisiana Parents.” Paper presented at the

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2019.

Keating, Kathryn S., Jyaphia Christos-Rodgers, Amber Goff, Jonathan Sury, Thomas Chandler,

Jaishree Beedasy, and Tim Slack. “Third Time's A Charm: A Case Study of Longitudinal

Disaster Survey Research Protocol in South Louisiana.” Paper presented at the Gulf of

Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2019.

Keating, Kathryn S., Tim Slack, Jaishree Beedasy, Thomas Chandler, and Jeremy Brooks.

“Child Mental Health Outcomes following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A

Multilevel Longitudinal Analysis of Spill Exposure and Health Care Context.” Paper

presented at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, New

Orleans, LA, 2019.

Parks, Vanessa, Tim Slack, Andrew Parker, Leah Drakeford, Rajeev Ramchand, Melissa

Finucane, and Matthew R. Lee. “Religious Context, Local Ties, and Alcohol Misuse in

the U.S. Gulf Coast Region.” Paper presented at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and

Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2019.

Parker, Andrew M., Melissa L. Finucane, Rajeev Ramchand, Tim Slack, Lynsay Ayer, Noreen

Clancy, and Rachana Seelam. “Risk-Related Worry Changes over Time: A Longitudinal

Survey Across Multiple Disaster Events.” Paper presented at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

and Ecosystem Science Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2019.

Slack, Tim, and Kathryn Keating. “Mental Health Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.”

Invited presentation at the Sea Grant workshop for the National Academies Gulf

Research Program on Prioritizing Health and Oil Spill Preparedness, Houma, LA, 2018.


Slack, Tim, Brian C. Thiede, and Leif Jensen. “Race, Residence, and Underemployment: 50

Years Since The People Left Behind, 1968-2017.” Paper presented at the annual meetings

of the Southern Demographic Association, Durham, NC, 2018.

Keating, Kathryn, Jyaphia Christos-Rodgers, Amber Goff, Jonathan Sury, Thomas Chandler,

Jaishree Beedasy, and Tim Slack. “Revisiting Resilience: A Case Study of Longitudinal

Disaster Survey Research Protocol in South Louisiana.” Paper presented at the annual

meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, Portland, OR, 2018.

Parks, Vanessa, Rajeev Ramchand, Tim Slack, Melissa Finucane, and Matthew R. Lee.

“STRONG Methodology: Capturing Health and Social Well-Being in a Disaster-Prone

Region.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society,

Portland, OR, 2018.

Keating, Kathryn, Tim Slack, Jaishree Beedasy, Thomas Chandler, and Jeremy Brooks. “Primary

Healthcare Need as a Dimension of Resilience following the Deepwater Horizon Oil

Spill: Definition, Access, Perception.” Poster presented at the annual meetings of the

Rural Sociological Society, Portland, OR, 2018. (First-place winner for best research

poster.)

Slack, Tim. “Continuing Conversations: Developing a Research Agenda for Rural Poverty.”

Invited panelist at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, Portland, OR,

2018.

Parks, Vanessa, Tim Slack, Rajeev Ramchand, Leah Drakeford, Melissa L. Finucane, and

Matthew R. Lee. “The Effect of Social Capital on Health Outcomes after the Deepwater

Horizon Oil Spill.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Sociological

Society, New Orleans, LA, 2018.

Adams, Chelsea E., Rajeev Ramchand, Vanessa Parks, Tim Slack, Leah Drakeford, Melissa L.

Finucane, and Matthew R. Lee. “Who's Listening? General Risk Perception and Trust by

Education following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Roundtable presentation at the

annual meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, 2018.

Slack, Tim, Brian C. Thiede, and Leif Jensen. “Race, Residence, and Underemployment: 50

Years in Comparative Perspective.” Invited paper presented at the Rural Policy Research

Institute’s 50 Years After The People Left Behind Conference, Washington, DC, 2018.

Slack, Tim, Jaishree Beedasy, Thomas Chandler, Kathryn Keating, Jonathan Sury, Stephanie

Lackner, Jeremy Brooks, Antonia Samur, and Matthew R. Lee. “Family Resilience

Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Preliminary Evidence from the RCYC

Study.” Invited paper presented at the Oklahoma State University Chautauqua

Conference of Family Resilience, Tulsa, OK, 2018.


Lackner, Stephanie, Jaishree Beedasy, Jonathan Sury, Jeremy Brooks, Antonia Samur, Kathryn

Keating, Jyaphia Christos-Rodgers, Mai Uchida, Thomas Chandler, Matthew R. Lee, and

Tim Slack. “Long-Term Health Outcomes of Children and Adolescents in Areas Heavily

Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Poster presented at Data Science Day,

Columbia University, New York, 2018.

Brooks, Jeremy, Jaishree Beedasy, Thomas Chandler, Jonathan Sury, Antonia Samur, Kathryn

Keating, and Tim Slack. “Resilience in Louisiana: A Longitudinal Study of Recovery

from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Paper presented at the International Conference

on Sustainable Cities, New York, 2018.

Parks, Vanessa, Tim Slack, Rajeev Ramchand, Leah Drakeford, Melissa L. Finucane, and

Matthew R. Lee. “Understanding Social Capital Effects on Health: Opportunities for

Resilience Activation in the Gulf Coast Region.” Paper presented at the Gulf of Mexico

Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science annual meeting. New Orleans, LA, 2018.

Keating, Kathryn, Jyaphia Christos-Rodgers, Amber Goff, Jonathan Sury, Thomas Chandler,

Jaishree Beedasy, and Tim Slack. “Time After Time: A Case Study in Longitudinal

Disaster Survey Research Protocol in South Louisiana.” Paper presented at the Gulf of

Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science annual meeting. New Orleans, LA, 2018.

Keating, Kathryn, Tim Slack, Jaishree Beedasy, Thomas Chandler, and Jeremy Brooks.

“Federally Designated Primary Healthcare Need as a Dimension of Resilience following

the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Paper presented at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and

Ecosystem Science annual meeting. New Orleans, LA, 2018.

Beedasy, Jaishree, Stephanie Lackner, Jonathan Sury, Jeremy Brooks, Antonia Samur, Kathryn

Keating, Jyaphia Christos-Rodgers, Mai Uchida, Thomas Chandler, Matthew R. Lee, and

Tim Slack. “Understanding the Long-Term Health Effects on Children and Adolescents

in Areas Heavily Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Paper presented at the

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science annual meeting. New Orleans, LA,

2018.

Chandler, Thomas, Jaishree Beedasy, Antonia Samur, Stephanie Lackner, Jonathan Sury, Mai

Uchida, Kathryn Keating, Jeremy Brooks, Jyaphia Christos-Rodgers, Matthew R. Lee,

and Tim Slack. “Measuring Social Media Use as a Source of Resilience During and After

the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Paper presented at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and


Drakeford, Leah, Vanessa Parks, Tim Slack, Rajeev Ramchand, Melissa L. Finucane, and

Matthew R. Lee. “Social Resources, Community Religiosity, and Depression among Gulf

Coast Residents.” Paper presented at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science

annual meeting. New Orleans, LA, 2018.


Slack, Tim. “Education: Forming and Informing Leaders.” Presentation at the Consortium for

Resilient Gulf Communities Gulf of Mexico Research Institute Site Visit, New Orleans,

LA, 2017.

Parks, Vanessa, Rajeev Ramchand, Leah Drakeford, Tim Slack, Matthew R. Lee, and Melissa

Finucane. “Ties to the Fishing Industry, Social Support, and Depression after the

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Paper presented at the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and


Slack, Tim. “Rural Poverty in the U.S.A.: Panel Discussion on Forthcoming Text.” Invited

panelist at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, Toronto, Canada, 2016.

Slack, Tim, Jaishree Beedasy, Matthew R. Lee, and Thomas Chandler. “Understanding Human

Vulnerability and Resilience Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Paper

presented at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, Toronto, Canada,

2016.

Lee, Matthew R., Tim Slack, Troy C. Blanchard, Vanessa Parks, and Rajeev Ramchand.

“Tracking Health Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.” Paper presented at the

meetings of the Center for Natural Resource Economics and Policy, New Orleans, LA,

2016.

Slack, Tim, Michael R. Cope, Leif Jensen, and Ann R. Tickamyer. “Social Embeddedness,

Formal Labor Supply, and Participation in Informal Work.” Invited presentation at the

Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course, Yale University, 2016.

Slack, Tim, Matthew R. Lee, Jaishree Beedasy, Thomas Chandler, and Jonathan Sury.

“Understanding Resilience Attributes for Children, Youth, and Communities in the Wake

of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (RCYC).” Poster presented at the Gulf of Mexico Oil

Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference, Tampa, FL, 2016.

Cope, Michael R., Matthew R. Lee Tim Slack, and Troy C. Blanchard. “Geographically

Differentiated Support Resources on Perceived Household Preparedness in Disaster

Prone Coastal Communities.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Rural

Sociological Society, Madison, WI, 2015.

Vanessa Parks, Michael R. Cope, Tim Slack, Troy C. Blanchard, and Matthew R. Lee.

“Behavioral Disruption and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster.” Paper presented at the

annual meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, 2015.

Slack, Tim. “Mapping US Obesity: Seeing the Big Picture.” Presentation delivered at the LSU

Science Café, Baton Rouge, LA, 2015.

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.

Carney, Jeff and Tim Slack. “Interdisciplinary Collaboration.” Facilitated by Jennifer Jolly.

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.



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.


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.

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


Slack, Tim and Candice A. Myers. “Food Stamp Program Participation and Persistent Regional

Poverty: Does Place Matter?” Invited paper presented 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.

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.

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 Multi-Level

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


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


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.

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.

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.

SERVICE

Department Service

Member, Graduate Program Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University,

2018-Present.


Chair, Awards Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2017-Present.

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2013-

2015.

Chair, Undergraduate Program Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State

University, 2013-2015.

Website Coordinator, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2009-2015.

Chair, Faculty Recruitment Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University,

2014.

Chair, Metrics and Assessment Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State


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, 2012-

2014.

Coordinator, Social Inequality Area, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University, 2009-

2012.

Member, Undergraduate Program Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State


Member, Graduate Program Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University,

2007-2009.


2006-2007.


2005-2006.

Member, Tenure and Promotions Criteria Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State


Member, Undergraduate Program Committee, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State



University Service

Member (elected), Faculty Adjudication Committee, LSU Faculty Senate, 2015-Present.

LSU Representative for Coastal Social Science Initiatives, Southeastern Universities Research

Association (SURA), 2013-Present.

Reviewer, Manship Summer Research Awards, College of Humanities and Social Sciences,

Louisiana State University, 2017.

Member, Committee on Academic Planning and Program Evaluations, College of Humanities

and Social Sciences, Louisiana State University, 2013-2015.

Member, Committee to develop a Graduate Certificate in Community Engagement, The

Graduate School, Louisiana State University, 2013-2015. (Approved by Board of Supervisors).

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 2008.

Professional Service

Editorial Activities

Editorial Board, Demography, 2016-Present.

Editorial Board, Population Research and Policy Review, 2012-Present.

Associate Editor, Rural Sociology, 2005-2009.

Ad Hoc Reviewer:

American Journal of Sociology; American Sociological Review; Cities; Community

Development; Demography; Demographic Research; Economic Research Service Information

Bulletin Series; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health;

International Migration Review; Growth and Change; Journal of Contingencies and Crisis

Management; Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences; Journal of Rural Social Sciences;

Population and Environment; Obesity; Oxford University Press; Policy Press at the University of

Bristol; Population Research and Policy Review; Public Health Reports; 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; University of Minnesota Press; West Virginia University Press

Review Panels and Boards

Member, National Advisory Committee, “Assessing Policy Innovations for Reducing Rural

Poverty: A Research Conference Marking the 50th Anniversary of the People Left Behind.”

2017-2018.

Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics

Program (RIDGE) Center for Targeted Studies Board, 2015-Present.

Turning the Tide on Poverty: Creating Vibrant Communities Together, Everyday Democracy

and the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC), 2009.

Ad Hoc Grant Reviewer

National Science Foundation; U.S. Department of Agriculture; Southern Rural Development

Center.

Elected Positions

Chair, Population Research Interest Group, Rural Sociological Society, 2018-2019.

Chair-elect, Population Research Interest Group, Rural Sociological Society, 2017-2018.

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.

Chair-elect, Rural Poverty Research Interest Group, Rural Sociological Society, 2005-2006.

Other Professional Appointments

Program Organizer, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Conference, Human Dimensions

and Public Health Track, 2017-2018.

Member, Rural Sociological Society Council, 2015-2016.

Program Co-Chair for the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, Toronto, Canada,

2016.


Chair, Publications Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 2011-2012.

Member, Publications Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 2011-2014.

Member, Professional Communications Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 2006-2009.

Member, Program Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 2007.

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 Demography

REFERENCES

Available upon request.

Documents

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