Dr. Helen H Jensen In the News

August 02, 2021
 

Dr. Helen JensenHelen Jensen, professor emerita, was recognized at the Aug. 2021 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association annual meeting for her many contributions to the AAEA and to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; to revising WIC packages to better serve recipients; and for her research in Food Safety and Nutrition and Federal Nutrition Assistance programs.

January 15, 2021
 

Dr. Helen JensenHelen Jensen, professor emerita, was interviewed for a Jan. 15 Oskaloosa News article, "Iowa food pantries weather COVID, face unprecedented storm coming this winter."

July 20, 2020
 

Dr. Helen Jensen, Dr. Brent Kreider, Dr. Alex ZhylyevskyyA paper authored by Helen Jensen, Brent Kreider, and Alex Zhylyevskyy, "Investigating Treatment Effects of Participating Jointly in SNAP and WIC when the Treatment is Validated Only for SNAP," has been selected as the 2019 Honorable Mention Award Winner for the Food Safety and Nutrition Section's Best Economics Paper Award.

December 02, 2019
 

Dr. Helen JensenHelen Jensen, emeritus professor, was quoted in a Nov. 29 High Plains Public Radio story, "Some States Would Gain, Others Lose Under Proposed Changes to SNAP."

June 13, 2019
 

Dr. Alex Zhylyevskyy, Dr. Brent Kreider, Dr. Helen JensenResearch done by Alex Zhylyevskyy, associate professor, Brent Kreider, professor, and Helen Jensen, emeritus professor, published in the Southern Economic Journal, provides evidence that the SNAP and WIC programs are in fact complementary, not redundant.

September 10, 2018
 

Dr. Helen JensenAfter more than 33 years of service, Helen Jensen, professor of economics, is retiring from Iowa State University. “I am ready to shift gears,” Jensen said. “I have had the opportunity to have a career that started with 80 column computer punch cards and now is carried out on hand-held devices.

July 23, 2018
 

Dr. Helen JensenHelen Jensen, professor, is one of 13 experts on the executive committee of Science Breakthroughs 2030, who are authors of a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

June 01, 2017
 

Helen JensenHelen Jensen, professor, is one of 13 renowned thinkers the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has named to the executive committee of Science Breakthroughs 2030.

January 10, 2017
 

Dr. Helen JensenHelen Jensen, professor, was one of two Iowa State University professors who were involved in a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee,

August 01, 2016
 

Helen Jensen, Brent Kreider, Oleksandr (Alex) ZhylyevskyyHelen Jensen, Brent Kreider, Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy, and colleagues (Kim Greder at ISU and John Pepper at the University of Virginia) were awarded a $74,989 grant by the University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research...