Staff Biographical Page: Mark Nord

Briefly

Mark Nord is a sociologist in the Food Assistance Branch at the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. His research areas include household food security and hunger, and food and nutrition assistance programs.

Current Projects

• Measuring and monitoring household food security in the United States.
• Identifying and quantifying economic and social determinants of food insecurity.
• Assessing relationships between food security and food assistance programs.

Background

Previous work includes research on natural resources, rural poverty, and migration at ERS and at the Pennsylvania State University, management of relief and poverty alleviation programs of a non-government organization in Bangladesh, and bush flying in the jungles of Borneo.

Education

M.S. and Ph.D. in rural sociology from the Pennsylvania State University.

Professional Affiliations

Rural Sociological Society and Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.

Publications

ERS publications by this author

Nord, M., M. Andrews, and S. Carlson, Household Food Security in the United States, 2006, ERS, USDA, ERR-49, 2007.

Nord, M. and H. Hopwood. "Higher Cost of Food in Some Areas May Affect Food Stamp Households' Ability To Make Healthy Food Choices," chapter 3 in Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? ERR-29-3, ERS, USDA, 2007.

Nord, M. and H. Hopwood. "Recent Advances Provide Improved Tools for Measuring Children's Food Security," Journal of Nutrition, 2007, 137: 533-536.

Nord, M. Characteristics of Low-Income Households with Very Low Food Security: An Analysis of the USDA GPRA Food Security Indicator, ERS, USDA, EIB-25, 2007.

Nord, M. and H. Hopwood. "Does Interview Mode Matter for Food Security Measurement? Telephone versus In-Person Interviews in the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement," Public Health Nutrition, 2007, 10(12): 1474-1480.

Nord, M. and M. Prell. "Struggling to Feed the Family: What Does it Mean to Be Food Insecure?" Amber Waves, June 2007, 5(3): 32-39.

Connell, C., M. Nord, K. Lofton, T. Rehner, and K. Yadrick. "Food Security of Older Children Can Be Assessed by Using a Standardized Survey Instrument," Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 134(2004):2566-2572.

Cook, J.T., D.A. Frank, C. Berkowitz, M.M. Black, P.H. Casey, D.B. Cutts, A.F. Meyers, N. Zaldivar, A. Skalicky, S. Levenson, T. Heeren, and M. Nord. "Food Insecurity is Associated with Adverse Health Outcomes among Human Infants and Toddlers," Journal of Nutrition, 134:1432-1438, June 2004.

Nord, M., and G. Bickel. Measuring Children’s Food Security in U.S. Households, 1995-99, USDA, Economic Research Service, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Report No. 25, 2002.

Nord, M. A 30-Day Food Security Scale for Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement Data, USDA, Economic Research Service, E-FAN No. 02015, 2002.

Nord, M. "The Decline in Food Stamp Use by Rural Low-Income Households: Less Need or Less Access?" Chapter 15, Weber, B.A., G.J. Duncan, and L.A. Whitener (eds.) Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform, Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, (2002):433-451.

Nord, M. Food Stamp Participation and Food Security, FoodReview USDA, Economic Research Service, Vol. 24(1), (2001):13-19.

Bickel, G., M. Nord, C. Price, W. Hamilton, and J. Cook. Guide to Measuring Household Food Security, Revised 2000, Alexandria, VA: USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Analysis, Nutrition, and Evaluation, 2000.