{"id":4748,"date":"2025-11-05T15:04:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/american-bar-association-honors-hannah-haksgaard-for-her-book-the-rural-lawyer-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T18:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:05:48","slug":"jennifer-sherman-quoted-in-nyt-story-about-snap","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/jennifer-sherman-quoted-in-nyt-story-about-snap\/","title":{"rendered":"Former RSS President Jennifer Sherman Quoted in NYT Story about SNAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4748\" data-postid=\"4748\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4748 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_orgz555 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_js5z161 first\">\n                    <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_nfcq600 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h1 class=\"fancy-heading\">\n    <span class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n                    Former RSS President Jennifer Sherman Quoted in NYT Story about SNAP            <\/span>\n\n    \n    <span class=\"sub-head tf_block tf_rel\">\n                                <\/span>\n    <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n<!-- Breadcrumbs module -->\n<div  class=\"module module-breadcrumbs tb_uv47666 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t<nav role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"tbp_breadcrumb_trail\"><ul class=\"tbp_trail_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><meta name=\"numberOfItems\" content=\"1\" \/><meta name=\"itemListOrder\" content=\"Ascending\" \/><li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\" class=\"tbp_trail_item tbp_trail_end\"><a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/\" rel=\"home\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><!-- \/Breadcrumbs module -->\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_739q772   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p>New York Times columnist Thomas Edsall referenced the work of former <strong>RSS President, Jennifer Sherman<\/strong> of Washington State University, in his recent coverage of the Trump administration\u2019s failure to fund SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps. \u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Sherman<\/strong> describes &#8220;the agonized struggle of the rural poor who, when faced with a major economic setback, are forced to turn to government for help: When they themselves need to use such benefit, they experience a deep sense of stigma and shame. 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