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William H. Frey
Affiliated Programs:
Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) (NSF)
Funded Research:
Census Research-Metropolitan Policy Program (Continuation) (Brookings Institution)
Democratizing Access to the American Community Survey (Sloan)
Infusing Quantitative Literacy throughout the Social Science Curriculum (NSF)
PSC Media Outreach for Census 2010 (PSC Initiatives Fund)
Quantitative Social Science Digital Library Pathway (QSSDL) (NSF)
Resettlement and Well-Being of New Orleans Residents After Hurricane Katrina (NICHD)
US Minority Migration and Metropolitan Change (NICHD)
Using DataFerrett Products to Enhance ACS Education (US Census)
Research Professor, Population Studies Center.
Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institute.
Adjunct Professor, Sociology.
Ph.D., Brown University
Dr. Frey specializes in migration, population redistribution, and the demography of metropolitan areas. He is currently studying the dynamics of race and status-selective immigration and internal migration dynamics in U.S. metropolitan areas with the 1980-2000 Censuses. He also studies the migration and distribution of the elderly population in the U.S. as well as poverty migration determinants. Frey directs the Social Science Data Analysis Network (www.SSDAN.net) that creates demographic media for educators and policy-makers.
Recent Publications
Books
Frey, William H. 2010. Investigating change in American society, 3rd edition. Belmont, CA : Wadsworth. Abstract.
Frey, William H. 2007. America: A Social Atlas. New York : Longman.
Frey, William H., Amy Anspach, John DeWitt, and SSDAN Staff. 2007. Allyn & Bacon Social Atlas of the United States. Boston : Pearson/Allyn & Bacon. Abstract.
Frey, William H., Cheryl First-Bornstein, Tarek Anandan, and Megan Cook. 2004. Investigating Change in American Society: Exploring Social Trends with US Census Data, 2nd Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thompson Learning. Abstract.
Journal Articles
Frey, William H. 2010. "Baby Boomers and the New Demographics of America's Seniors." Generations-Journal of the American Society on Aging, 34(3): 28-37. Local Access.
Frey, William H., and A. Singer. 2010. "Demographic dynamics and natural disasters: learning from Katrina and Rita." Population and Environment, 31(1-3): 1-2. DOI.
Liaw, Kao-Lee, and William H. Frey. 2007. "Multivariate Explanation of the 1985-1990 and 1995-2000 Destination Choices of Newly Arrived Immigrants in the United States: The Beginning of a New Trend." Population, Space and Place, 13(5): 377-399. DOI. Abstract.
Frey, William H. 2007. "300 Million and Counting." Milken Institute Review, First Quarter.
Chapters
Frey, William H. 2008. "Race, immigration, and America's changing electorate." In Red, blue, and purple America : the future of election demographics edited by Teixeira, Ruy. :79-108. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.
Frey, William H. 2007. "The Three Americas: reflections on America's Americans in regional context." In America's Americans: population issues in U.S. society and politics edited by Philip Davies, Iwan Morgan. London : Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, School of Advanced Study.