Diane Gibson

Diane Gibson

Professor

Marxe School of Public and International Affairs

Department: Public Affairs

Areas of expertise:

Email Address: diane.gibson@baruch.cuny.edu

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Diane Gibson is a Professor at the Austin W. Marxe School of Public and International Affairs and Executive Director of the New York Federal Statistical Research Data Center at Baruch College. Her research focuses on the relationship between means-tested social program participation and nutrition and health outcomes, the links between the neighborhood food environment and food purchase decisions, predictors of and policies to enhance adherence to diabetes preventive care recommendations, and the availability of and access to vision-related health care. Her research has been published in journals such as the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, JAMA Ophthalmology, Journal of Nutrition, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Urban Economics, and Preventive Medicine.

Professor Gibson mainly teaches courses in microeconomics and public finance. She was awarded the Baruch College Presidential Excellence Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2004 and she received a Baruch College Alumni Association Faculty Service Award in 2014.

Professor Gibson earned a B.S. in Economics and International Relations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a M.A. and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Chicago.

Education

Ph.D., Public Policy, University of Chicago

M.A., Public Policy, University of Chicago

B.S., Economics and International Relations, University of Wisconsin-Madison

SemesterCourse PrefixCourse NumberCourse Name
Fall 2023PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2023PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Fall 2022PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2022PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Fall 2021PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Fall 2021PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Spring 2021PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Summer 2019PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Summer 2019PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2019PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Summer 2018PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Summer 2018PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2018PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2018PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Summer 2017PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Summer 2017PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2017PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Fall 2016PAF9314LStrategies in Classroom Manage
Summer 2016PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Summer 2016PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2016PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Spring 2016PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Summer 2015PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Summer 2015PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2015PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Summer 2014PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Summer 2014PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2014PAF9190Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Spring 2014PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Spring 2014PAF5000Independent Study PAF I
Fall 2013PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Spring 2013PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Fall 2012PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Spring 2012PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Fall 2011PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Spring 2010PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Spring 2010PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Fall 2009PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Fall 2009PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Spring 2009PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Spring 2009PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Fall 2008PAF9190Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Fall 2008PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2008PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2008PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Spring 2008PAF9190Public Affairs Capstone Semina
Fall 2007PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Fall 2007PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Fall 2006PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Fall 2006PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2006PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2006PAF3101Public Finance Mgt
Fall 2005PAF9133Eco Pub Sector&Finan
Fall 2005PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2005PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Fall 2004PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Fall 2004PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2004PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Spring 2004PAF9999Ind Study In PAF
Fall 2003PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Fall 2003PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Summer 2003PAF9999Ind Study In PAF
Spring 2003PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Fall 2002PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Fall 2002PAF3102Eco Analysis of Policy
Spring 2002PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Fall 2001PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy
Fall 2001ECO3320Urban Economics
Fall 2001PAF9130Eco Analysis & Public Policy

Journal Articles

Greene, J., & Gibson, D. (2022). Medicaid at 57: Still Essential And Needs Improvements As COVID-19 Emergency Unwinding Looms. Health Affairs Forefront,

Gibson, D., & Greene, J. (2021). Admissions of COVID-Positive Patients to U.S. Nursing Homes with PPE or Staffing Shortages. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 69(9). 2393-2403.

Greene, J., & Gibson, D. (2021). Workers at Long-term Care Facilities and their Risk for Severe COVID-19 Illness. Preventive Medicine, 143.

Gibson, D. (2020). Eye Care Provider Availability for the Medicare Population in US States that have Expanded Optometrist Scope of Practice. Optometry and Vision Science, 97(11). 929-935.

Gibson, D., & Greene, J. (2020). Risk for Severe COVID-19 Illness Among Health Care Workers Who Work Directly with Patients. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 35(9). 2804-2806.

Gibson, D., & Greene, J. (2020). State Actions and Shortages of Personal Protective Equipment and Staff in U.S. Nursing Homes. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 68(12). 2721-2726.

Gibson, D. (2019). Food Insecurity, Eye Care Receipt, and Diabetic Retinopathy Among US Adults with Diabetes: Implications for Primary Care. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 34(9). 1700-1702.

Gibson, D. (2019). Estimates of the Percentage of U.S. Adults with Diabetes who could be Screened for Diabetic Retinopathy in Primary Care Settings. JAMA Ophthalmology, 137(4). 440-444.

Gibson, D. (2018). Use of and Disparities in Access to Adaptive Devices among U.S. Adults with Age-Related Eye Diseases. Preventive Medicine Reports, 12. 233-240.

Gibson, D. (2017). Frequency and Predictors of Missed Visits to Primary Care and Eye Care Providers for Annually Recommended Diabetes Preventive Care Services Over a Two-Year Period among U.S. Adults with Diabetes. Preventive Medicine, 105. 257-264.

Gibson, D. (2016). The Local Availability of Eye Care Providers and the Vision Health of Adults in the United States. Ophthalmic Epidemiology , 23(4). 223-231.

Gibson, D. (2015). The Geographic Distribution of Eye Care Providers in the United States: Implications for a National Strategy to Improve Vision Health. Preventive Medicine, 73. 30-36.

(2014). Eye Care Availability and Access Among Individuals With Diabetes, Diabetic Retinopathy, or Age-Related Macular Degeneration. JAMA Ophthalmology, 132(4). 471-477.

(2012). Diabetic Retinopathy and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the U.S. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 43(1). 48-54.

(2011). The Neighborhood Food Environment and Adult Weight Status: Estimates From Longitudinal Data. American Journal of Public Health, 101(1). 71-78.

(2006). Long-term Food Stamp Program Participation is Positively Related to Simultaneous Overweight in Young Daughters and Obesity in Mothers. Journal of Nutrition, 136. 1081-1085.

(2005). The Changing Association between Prenatal Participation in WIC and Birth Outcomes in New York City. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 24(4). 661-683.

(2004). Long-Term Food Stamp Program Participation is Differentially Related to Overweight in Young Girls and Boys. Journal of Nutrition, 134. 372-379.

(2003). Food Stamp Program Participation is Positively Related to Obesity in Low Income Women. Journal of Nutrition, 133. 2225-2231.

(2003). Neighborhood Characteristics and the Targeting of Tax Increment Financing in Chicago. Journal of Urban Economics, 54. 309-327.

Book Chapters

Gibson, D. (2001). Food Stamp Program Participation and Health. In Michael, R. T. (Ed.), Estimates from the NLSY97 (pp. 258-295). New York. Russell Sage Foundation.

Presentations

Gibson, D. (2017, November 15). Use of and Disparities in Access to Adaptive Devices among U.S. Adults with Age-Related Eye Diseases. Faculty Seminar at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College - CUNY.

Gibson, D. (2016, May 18). Explaining Patterns of Adherence to Diabetes Preventive Care Service Recommendations. Faculty Seminar at the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College - CUNY.

Gibson, D. (2015, March 4). Eye Care Provider Availability and Access to Vision Care Among Adults in the United States. Faculty Seminar at the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College - CUNY.

Gibson, D. (2013, October 17). Does the Neighborhood Food Environment Influence the Relationship between Food Stamp Program Participation and Weight-Related Outcomes?. Texas Federal Statistical Research Data Center Seminar. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M.

Gibson, D. (2012, October 4). Does the Neighborhood Food Environment Influence the Relationship between Food Stamp Program Participation and Weight-Related Outcomes?. The Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Conference. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture.

Gibson, D. (2012, April 23). The Neighborhood Food Environment, Food Stamp Participation and Weight-Related Outcomes of Low-Income Women. Faculty Seminar, Georgetown Public Policy Institute. Washington, DC: Georgetown University.

Gibson, D. (2012, April 13). Does the Neighborhood Food Environment Influence the Relationship between Food Stamp Program Participation and Weight-Related Outcomes. RIDGE Small Grant Workshop. University of Wisconsin - Madison: Institute for Research on Poverty.

Gibson, D. (2011, December 8). Undetected Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Diabetic Retinopathy: Predictors and Public Health Implications. Faculty Seminar at the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College - CUNY.

Gibson, D. (2010, June 22). The Neighborhood Food Environment and Adult Weight Status: Estimates Using Longitudinal Data.. 3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists. Ithaca, New York

Gibson, D. (2006, November 4). Neighborhood Supermarket Availability and Adult Weight Status. Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Management. Washington , DC

Gibson, D. (2006, October 18). Supermarket Access and Adult Obesity. Faculty Seminar at the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College – CUNY.

Gibson, D. (2005, April 3). Long-term Food Stamp Program Participation is Positively Related to Simultaneous Overweight in Young Daughters and Obesity in Mothers. American Society for Nutritional Sciences Annual Meetings. San Diego, California

Gibson, D. (2003, September 16). Long-Term Food Stamp Program Participation is Related to Overweight for Young Children. Department of Health Policy. Mt. Sinai Hospital

Gibson, D. (2003, November 14). Neighborhood Characteristics and the Targeting of Tax Increment Financing in Chicago. National Tax Association Annual Meetings. Chicago, Illinois

Gibson, D. (2002, November 18). Food Stamp Program Participation is Positively Related to Obesity in Low-Income Women. Theories and Methodologies of Social Sciences.

Gibson, D. (2001, October 21). Food Stamp Program Participation and Obesity. Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Small Grants Conference. Washington, D.C.

Gibson, D. (2001, November 3). Food Stamp Program Participation and Obesity. Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Management. Washington, D.C

Gibson, D. (2001, May 11). Food Stamp Program Participation and Obesity. Joint Center for Poverty Research/ USDA Research Development Grants Workshop. Chicago, Illinois

Gibson, D. (2001, May 7). Food Stamp Program Participation and Obesity. Faculty Seminar at the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College.

Gibson, D. (2000, November 4). Neighborhood Characteristics and the Targeting of Tax Increment Financing in Chicago. Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy and Management. Seattle, Washington

Gibson, D. (2000, October 27). Neighborhood Characteristics and the Targeting of Tax Increment Financing in Chicago. Faculty Seminar at the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College.

Gibson, D. (2000, May 5). Poverty, Food Stamp Program Participation and Health: Estimates from the NLSY97. Faculty Seminar at the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College.

Gibson, D. (1999, November 18). Poverty, Food Stamp Program Participation and Health: Estimates from the NLSY97. Early Findings of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 Conference. Washington, D.C

Gibson, D. (1998, October 19). The Further Disadvantaged? An Analysis of the Effect of Income and Race on the Availability of Grocery Stores in Chicago. Conference on Chicago Research and Public Policy.

Other Scholarly Works

Gibson, D. (2024). Re: Soares et al.: Patient accessibility to eye care in the United States (Ophthalmology. 2023;130:354–360). Ophthalmology.

Greene, J., Gibson, D., Rappoport, J., & Quincy, L. (2023). A Guide to Monitoring Medicaid Using Lived Experiencehttps://www.rwjf.org/en/building-a-culture-of-health/focus-areas/Features/medicaid.html.

Gibson, D. (2023). Re: Chauhan et al.: Five-year trends in pediatric vision screening and access in the United States (Ophthalmology. 2023;130:354–360). Ophthalmology. 130(11), e39.

Gibson, D. (2017). Re: Lee et al.: Evaluating Access to Eye Care in the ContiguousUnited States by Calculated Driving Time in the United States Medicare Population  (Ophthalmology. 2016;123:2456-2461). Ophthalmology. 124(8):e65

Gibson, D. (2012). Screening for Household Food Insecurity in Primary Care Settings: A Commentary. Preventive Medicine. 55(3):223

Research Currently in Progess

Gibson, D.(n.d.). Adult Food Insecurity, Family SNAP Participation and Gaps in the Receipt of Annually Recommended Diabetes Preventive Care Services among Low-Income U.S. Adults with Diabetes.. In Progress.

Gibson, D.(n.d.). Associations between Measures of the Local Availability of Eye Care Providers and Vision-Related Health Outcomes among U.S. Adults. In Progress.

Gibson, D.(n.d.). Family Support and Diabetes Outcomes among U.S. Adults with Diabetes. In Progress.

Gibson, D.(n.d.). Longitudinal Adherence to Diabetes Preventive Care Service Recommendations among U.S. Adults with Diabetes.. In Progress.

Gibson, D.(n.d.). The Geographic Distribution of Diabetes in the United States. In Progress.

Gibson, D.(n.d.). The Influence of Optometrist Scope of Practice Laws on the Local Availability of Eye Care Providers. In Progress.

TitleFunding Agency SponsorStart DateEnd DateAwarded DateTotal FundingStatus
Is the Local Availability of Eye Care Providers Associated with Realized Access to Eye Care among Adults?PSC-CUNY 4507/01/201406/30/201504/15/20142250Completed
Unawareness of Diabetic Retinopathy and Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Predictors and Public HealthPSC-CUNY 4207/01/201106/30/201204/15/20111500Completed
The Neighborhood Food Environment and Adult Weight Status: Does the Relationship Vary with the DefinPSC-CUNY 4007/01/200906/30/20101500Completed
Neighborhood Supermarket Availability and Child Weight StatusPSC-CUNY 3807/01/200706/30/20082150Completed
Honor / AwardOrganization SponsorDate ReceivedDescription
Baruch College Alumni Association’s 2014 Faculty Service Award for the School of Public AffairsBaruch College Alumni Association2014
Presidential Excellence Award for Distinguished Teaching2004
Graduate Research FellowNorthwestern University/ University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research1998
Graduate Studies FellowshipHarris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies1993
Phi Beta Kappa1992

College

Committee NamePosition RoleStart DateEnd Date
Marxe Strategic Planning CommitteeCommittee MemberPresent
Personnel and BudgetCommittee MemberPresent
Executive CommitteeCommittee MemberPresent
Search Committee for Dean of the Marxe SchoolCommittee MemberPresent
Search Committee for Associate/Full Professor and Director of Baruch College Survey ResearchCommittee Member1/31/2020
Personnel and Budget CommitteeCommittee Member8/31/2019
Executive CommitteeCommittee Member8/31/2019
Search Committee for Austin W. Marxe Chair of International AffairsCommittee Member2/28/2019
Search Committee for Professor of Environmental SustainabilityCommittee Member1/31/2017
Search Committee for Academic Program SpecialistCommittee Chair8/31/2016
Food Matters Graduate Student ClubFaculty Advisor8/31/2015
Independent Units Personnel and Budget CommitteeCommittee Member8/31/2015
Search Committee for Professor of Food PolicyCommittee Member12/31/2014
NASPAA Reaccreditation Lead Author of Self-Study12/31/2014
Search Committee for Professor of CommunicationsCommittee Member12/31/2013
Personnel and Budget CommitteeCommittee Member8/31/2013
Faculty Interviewer of Academic Assessment Manager Candidates8/31/2013
College Committee on Financial AidCommittee Member8/31/2010
Research CommitteeCommittee Member8/31/2010
Eugene Lang Junior Faculty Research Fellowship Award CommitteeCommittee Member5/31/2010
Eugene Lang Junior Faculty Research Fellowship Award CommitteeCommittee Chair5/31/2010
Graduate Student Advisor8/31/2008
Committee on Academic StandingCommittee Chair1/31/2007
Student Affairs CommitteeCommittee Member1/31/2007
Personnel and Budget CommitteeCommittee Member1/31/2007
Executive CommitteeCommittee Member1/31/2007
Committee on Academic StandingCommittee Member1/31/2007
Research CommitteeCommittee Member1/31/2007
Graduate Student Adviser1/31/2007
Search committee for Dean of the School of Public AffairsCommittee Member12/31/2006
Search committee for the Assistant Director of Sponsored Programs and ResearchCommittee Member12/31/2005
Search committee for Professor of Health PolicyCommittee Member12/31/2005
Search committee for Professor of Immigration StudiesCommittee Member12/31/2003
Search committee for the Lillian and Nathan Ackerman Professor of Equality and Justice in AmericaCommittee Member12/31/2002
Search committee for the Professor and Director of the Center for Equality, Pluralism and PolicyCommittee Member12/31/2002
Undergraduate Open HousesLecturer12/31/2001

University

Committee NamePosition RoleStart DateEnd Date
PSC-CUNY Research Award ProgramProposal Reviewer 1/1/200912/31/2009
PSC-CUNY Research Award ProgramProposal Reviewer 1/1/200812/31/2008
PSC-CUNY Research Award ProgramProposal Reviewer 1/1/200212/31/2002
PSC-CUNY Research Award ProgramProposal Reviewer1/1/200012/31/2000

Professional

OrganizationPosition RoleOrganization StateOrganization CountryStart DateEnd DateAudience
Canada Foundation for Innovation Expert CommitteeCommittee MemberOntarioCanadaPresentInternational

Public

OrganizationPosition RoleOrganization StateOrganization CountryStart DateEnd DateAudience
Association for Public Policy and ManagementPresent
Peer Reviewer of articles for Agricultural Economics, Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, American Journal of Public Health, BMC Health Services Research, British Journal of Ophthalmology, Cities, Economics and Human Biology, International Journal of Obesity, JAMA Ophthalmology, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Urban Affairs, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine, Public Health Nutrition, Social Forces, Social Science and Medicine, Social Service ReviewPresent
American Economic AssociationPresent
Tufts/UConn USDA RIDGE Program Grant Proposal Reviewer, External5/1/20176/30/2017
Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Canadian Institutes of Health ResearchGrant Proposal Reviewer, External12/31/2016
Institute for Research on Poverty USDA RIDGE Grants ProgramGrant Proposal Reviewer, External12/31/2013
Increasing Access to Healthy Food in New York City: A Conversation about Public and Non-Profit InititativesModeratorNew York11/17/2011
New York Times Room for Debate, "Expand the Use of Food Stamps?"Commentator9/27/20119/27/2011
USDA’s Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program sponsored by the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research ProgramGrant Proposal Reviewer, External1/1/201012/31/2010
Policy and Research Committee of the Food Bank for New York CityCommittee Member1/1/200412/31/2010
3rd Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health EconomistsDiscussantNew York6/22/20106/22/2010
USDA’s Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program sponsored by the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research ProgramGrant Proposal Reviewer, External1/1/200812/31/2008
Northwestern University/ University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty ResearchResearch Affiliate1/1/200112/31/2007
USDA’s Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program sponsored by the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research ProgramGrant Proposal Reviewer, External1/1/200612/31/2006
Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy and ManagementSession Chair1/1/200612/31/2006
Expert Panel on Obesity, Poverty and Food Assistance Programs for the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of AgricultureCommittee Member1/1/200412/31/2004
USDA’s Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program sponsored by the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research ProgramGrant Proposal Reviewer, External1/1/200212/31/2002
Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy and ManagementDiscussant1/1/200212/31/2002
Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy and ManagementDiscussant1/1/200112/31/2001
Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy and ManagementSession Chair1/1/200112/31/2001