Orgul Demet Ozturk – The Conversation

A volunteer distributes face masks in a rural California community in February 2021. Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

October 19, 2021

Having COVID‑19 or being close to others who get it may make you more charitable

Nancy R. Buchan, University of South Carolina; Gianluca Grimalda, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, and Orgul Demet Ozturk, University of South Carolina

Experiments in the US and Italy that observed people’s charitable choices found similar results: People tend to prefer to help local communities.

People use SNAP benefits to buy food. Kwangmoozaa/Shutterstock.com

March 6, 2019

Orgul Demet Ozturk, University of South Carolina; Chad Cotti, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, and John Gordanier, University of South Carolina

Even without any disruption, SNAP benefits tend to run out before the next disbursement arrives.

About 13 percent of American households have low or very low food security. Aleksei Potov/Shutterstock

July 18, 2017

Orgul Demet Ozturk, University of South Carolina

Food assistance – like SNAP benefits – can have far-ranging impacts on a person’s health and well-being.