Discipline(s):
Sociology, Social Demography
Area(s) of Expertise:
Obesity, Family Factors that Predict Adolescent Health and Health Risk Behavior, Education Fertility
E-Mail:
mfrisco@pop.psu.edu
Background:
Michelle Frisco received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001. After completing her tenure as a Health and Society Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this summer, she will begin a new job at the Pennsylvania State University as Assistant Professor of Sociology and Demography. Her research focuses on relationships between family life, education, and health and well-being during adolescence and the transition to adulthood. She is currently working on two primary projects. The first investigates how family transitions experienced in conjunction with residential and school mobility influence adolescent risk-taking, mental health and academic achievement. She is working on this project with colleagues at the University of Texas at Austin. The second project investigates the causes and consequences of overweight and obesity during adolescence and the transition to adulthood. She is working on this project with Molly Martin, a Health and Society Scholar at Columbia University and Gary Sandefur, Professor of Sociology and Dean of the College of Letters and Sciences at The University of Wisconsin-Madison. They recently received a three year R01 grant from the National Institution of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), which begins in September 2005, to pursue this research agenda.
Journal Articles:
Click here for a list of Michelle Frisco's available publications in PubMed.
