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Research interests
Dr. Heflin conducts policy-relevant research that sits at the boundaries of sociology, economics, public health, public administration, and women’s studies. The broad aim of her research is to understand the processes that create systems and patterns of social stratification and, more specifically, to examine welfare policy and the well-being of vulnerable populations, with a particular emphasis on the causes and consequences of material hardship. In a recent project, Dr. Heflin analyzed how specific shocks to family stability, such as unemployment or becoming disabled, lead to particular kinds of material hardship, such as medical or housing hardship. Other recent projects have examined how the population using food stamps and unemployment insurance has changed with the Great Recession; how the experience of material hardship affects couples’ decisions to marry; how children’s participation in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) affects their households’ overall food insecurity; and how veterans’ well-being and social program participation compares to that of other groups.
Education
Sociology, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Public Policy, Master of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Social Sciences, BA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 13 Finished
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Food Insecurity and SNAP Receipt After Military Separation
8/2/22 → 8/1/23
Project: Sponsored Project
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Building on work to advance understanding of instability in parental employment as a barrier to child care
4/15/21 → 5/31/22
Project: Sponsored Project
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Coordination SNAP and Nutrition Supports to Reduce Child Hunger Evaluation
12/1/20 → 6/30/22
Project: Sponsored Project
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Changing Patterns of Eligibility and Take up in SNAP and the Roles of Out of Pocket Medical Expenses
2/25/20 → 12/31/22
Project: Sponsored Project
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Changing patterns of SNAP take-up and participation and the role of out-of-pocket medical expenses among older adults
Heflin, C., Li, J. & Zuo, D., Mar 2023, In: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 45, 1, p. 336-349 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Churn in the older adult SNAP population
Heflin, C., Hodges, L., Arteaga, I. & Ojinnaka, C. O., Mar 2023, In: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 45, 1, p. 350-371 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
Cognitive Impairment and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Take-Up Among the Eligible Older Americans
Zuo, D. & Heflin, C. M., Jan 1 2023, In: Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 78, 1, p. 99-110 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Inequality in literacy skills at kindergarten entry at the intersections of social programs and race
Rothbart, M. W. & Heflin, C., Feb 2023, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 145, 106812.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Local Control, Discretion, and Administrative Burden: SNAP Interview Waivers and Caseloads During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Heflin, C., Fannin, W. C. & Lopoo, L., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: American Review of Public Administration.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Press and Media
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PAIA Doctoral Student Receives Grant for SNAP Research
Leonard Michael Lopoo & Colleen Heflin
9/13/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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PAIA DOCTORAL STUDENT RECEIVES GRANT FOR SNAP RESEARCH
Leonard Michael Lopoo & Colleen Heflin
9/13/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Maxwell School Joins Volcker Alliance to Bring Next Generation Leadership Corps to University
David Van Slyke, Peter Wilcoxen, Jane M Read, Leonard Michael Lopoo & Colleen Heflin
9/10/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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MAXWELL SCHOOL JOINS VOLCKER ALLIANCE TO BRING NEXT GENERATION LEADERSHIP CORPS TO UNIVERSITY
David Van Slyke, Peter Wilcoxen, Jane M Read & Colleen Heflin
9/8/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Study Data from Syracuse University Provide New Insights into COVID-19 (Local Control, Discretion, and Administrative Burden: Snap Interview Waivers and Caseloads During the Covid-19 Pandemic)
Leonard Michael Lopoo & Colleen Heflin
8/11/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment