Conference Schedule
2024 Conference on U.S. State Policies, Population Health, and Aging
Hosted by the Center for Aging and Policy Studies and the Center for Policy Research
Date: May, 21, 2024 | Location: 220 Eggers Hall, Syracuse University
Registration is closed.
| 8:15-8:45 | Continental Breakfast, Pick Up Name Badge & Conference Materials |
| 8:45-9:00 | Welcome from CAPS and CPR |
| 9:00-10:00 | Presentations from Conference Fellows – Group A
Patricia Homan, Florida State University “Structural oppression and health across US states” Lawrence Stacey, Vanderbilt University “Anti-LGBTQ state policies and population health” Paris “AJ” Adkins-Jackson, Columbia University “Measuring state-level life course structural racism: lessons from 3 approaches” Fatima Touma, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “State-level structural xenophobia and immigrant-native health disparities” Moderator: Janet Wilmoth, Syracuse University |
| 10:00-10:30 | Keynote Presentation 1
Ellicott Matthay, New York University “Problems and solutions for co-occurring policies in research on the health effects of social policies” Moderator: Shannon Monnat, Syracuse University |
| 10:30-10:45 | Break |
| 10:45-11:30 | Keynote Presentation 2
Beth Ann Griffin, RAND “Methodological considerations for estimating policy effects in the context of co-occurring policies” Moderator: Douglas A. Wolf, Syracuse University |
| 11:30-12:00
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Keynote Presentation 3
Alexander Tahk, University of Wisconsin-Madison “Policy indices in the State Policy & Politics Database” Moderator: Jennifer Karas Montez, Syracuse University |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:00 | Presentations from Conference Fellows – Group B
Emily Dore, Harvard University “State-level factors that shape the long-arm of childhood” Christopher Lowenstein, Stanford University “Labor market policies as upstream drivers of health: unpacking within-state heterogeneity” Megan Reynolds, University of Utah “Labor market protections and midlife health among working Americans” David Rothwell, Oregon State University “State policy and financial well-being” Moderator: Kelly Musick, Cornell University |
| 2:00-3:30 | Keynote Presentation 4
Hugo Jales, Syracuse University “Two-way fixed effects and difference-in-differences: problems and solutions” Moderator: Pinka Chatterji, University at Albany |
| 3:30-3:45 | Break |
| 3:45-4:45 | Presentations from Conference Fellows – Group C
Alina Schnake-Mahl, Drexel University “Court mandated redistricting and health disparities: a descriptive exploration of mortality by Congressional District” Rachel Donnelly, Vanderbilt University “Contextual determinants of mental health: states as social context in the stress process” Rebecca Anna Schut, University of Chicago “The impacts of state immigration policies on the health and well-being of U.S. workers” Emma Zang, Yale University “Trajectories of upward mobility contexts and later-life cognitive outcomes” Moderator: Iliya Gutin, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
| 4:45-5:00 | Wrap Up |
| 5:00-7:00 | Reception |
Funding provided by the National Institute on Aging grant P30AG066583 (Center for Aging and Policy Studies, a consortium between Syracuse University, Cornell University, and University at Albany) and the Center for Policy Research in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University