Assistant Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research
Biography
Noura Insolera is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. She leads the Education and Outreach team for the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Dr. Insolera’s research focuses on health, educational, and socioeconomic outcomes of income inequality and the social and economic factors that can ameliorate its effects. Her interdisciplinary approach to this subject connects sociology and economics with public health and survey research in order to obtain a comprehensive life course perspective.
Projects
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
The Longitudinal and Dynamic Effects of Food Insecurity on Cognitive Impairment and Dementia RiskFunded Research
Publications
- Noura Elise Insolera. 2023. Chronic Food Insecurity in US Families With Children. JAMA Pediatrics 177(4):434-435.
- Wolfson, Julia A., Noura Elise Insolera, Laska, Melissa N., Leung, Cindy W.. 2023. High Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Related Disparities Among US College and University Students From 2015-2019. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 56(1):27-34.
- Julia A Wolfson, Noura Elise Insolera, Alicia J Cohen, Cindy W Leung. 2022. The effect of food insecurity during college on graduation and type of degree attained: evidence from a nationally representative longitudinal survey. Public Health Nutrition 25(2):389-397.
- Noura Elise Insolera, Alicia Cohen, Julia A. Wolfson. 2022. SNAP and WIC Participation During Childhood and Food Security in Adulthood, 1984-2019. American Journal of Public Health 112(10):1498-1506.
- Leung, Cindy W., Noura Elise Insolera, Cohen, Alicia J., Wolfson, Julia A.. 2021. The Long-Term Effect of Food Insecurity During College on Future Food Insecurity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 61(6):923-926.
- Fabian T Pfeffer, Paula Fomby, Noura Elise Insolera. 2020. The Longitudinal Revolution: Sociological Research at the 50-Year Milestone of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Annual Review of Sociology 46:83-108.
- Wolfson, Julia A., Lahne, Jacob, Raj, Minakshi, Noura Elise Insolera, Lavelle, Fiona, Dean, Moira. 2020. Food Agency in the United States: Associations with Cooking Behavior and Dietary Intake. Nutrients 12(3):877.
- Julia A. Wolfson, Noura Elise Insolera, Alicia J. Cohen. 2020. Childhood Food Involvement: Protection Against Food Insecurity in Young Adulthood. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 58(1):31-40.
- Richard D. Alba, Scarlett Lindeman, Noura Elise Insolera. 2016. Is Race Really So Fluid? Revisiting Saperstein and Pennerâs Empirical Claims. American Journal of Sociology 122(1):247-262.