Department of Sociology & Crime, Law and Justice
Department of Sociology & Crime, Law and Justice
211 Oswald Tower
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-865-2527
Fax: 814-863-7216
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Michelle Frisco
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Demography
413 Oswald Tower |
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of Texas, 2001
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Health, Well-Being and Stratification during Adolescence and the Transition to Adulthood; Sociology of the Family; Sociology of Education; Social Demography, Medical Sociology
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Penn State College of Liberal Arts Roy C. Buck Award (2006)
Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Fellowship, University of Wisconsin (2003-2005)
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Population Research Center (Spring/Summer 2003)
Academic Success Center Effective Instructor Award, Iowa State University (2002)
Greek Community Outstanding Faculty Member, Iowa State University, 2001-2002 Academic Year
Big XII Faculty Exchange Fellowship, Iowa State University (2002)
Council member (student), Sociology of the Family Section, American Sociological Association (1998-2000)
RESEARCH GRANTS
Seed Grant: A Life Course Analyses of the Causes & Consequences of Obesity, (PI) Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
Social Demography and Adolescent Obesity, Co-Investigator. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
A Preliminary Investigation of the Causes and Consequences of Adolescent Obesity, Co-Investigator. RWJ Health and Society Scholars Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Seed grant: Sociology and Biology: Relationships between Obesity and Fertility. Principal Investigator
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Frisco, Michelle L., Chandra Muller and Kenneth A. Frank. (forthcoming). Family Structure Change and Adolescents’ School Performance: A Propensity Score Approach. Journal of Marriage and the Family.
Langenkamp, Amy G. and Michelle L. Frisco. (forthcoming). “Stability versus Change: Relationships between Family Structure and Adolescent Emotional Distress.” Social Problems.
Frisco, Michelle L. (2007). “How Do Different School Transitions Affect Educational Success and Well-being during Adolescence.” Pp. 4028-4029 in Ritzer, George S. (ed.) The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Volume on Education. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Pearson, Jennifer, Chandra Muller and Michelle L. Frisco. (2006). “Parental Involvement, Family Structure, and Adolescent Sexual Decision-Making.” Sociological Perspectives, 49(1): 67-90.
Raley, R. Kelly, Michelle L. Frisco, and Elizabeth Wildsmith. (2005). “Parental Cohabitation and Children’s Educational Achievement,” Sociology of Education.
Frisco, Michelle L. 2005. “Parental Involvement and Young Women’s Contraceptive Use,” Journal of Marriage and the Family, 67(1): 110-121.
Frisco, Michelle L., Chandra Muller, and Kyle Dodson. (2004). “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Youths’ Participation in Voluntary Organizations and Early Adult Voting Behavior,” Social Science Quarterly, 85(3): 660-676.
Frisco, Michelle L. and Kristi Williams (2003). “The Division of Housework, Marital Happiness and Marital Status among Dual-Earner Couples.” Journal of Family Issues, 22(1): 51-73.
Angel, Ronald J., Michelle L. Frisco, and Jacqueline Angel. (2003). “Perceived Financial Strain and Health: Evidence from the Hispanic-EPESE,” Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 44(4): 536-551.
Angel, Ronald and Michelle L. Frisco (2003). “Social Functioning among Mexican-American Elderly Persons”. In Black, Sandra A., Ray, Laura A., Angel, Ronald J., Espino, David V., Miranda, Manuel & Markides, Kyriakos S., Resource Book of the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly. Ann Arbor, MI: National Archive for Computerized Data on Aging.
Angel, Ronald and Michelle L. Frisco (2001). “Self-Assessments of Health and Functional Capacity among Older Adults”. Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 7(1).(Reprinted in Skinner, John H., Jeanne A. Teresi, Douglas Holmes, Sidney M. Stahl, and Anita L. Stewart (eds.) 2002. Multicultural Measurement in Older Populations. New York: Springer.
Angel, Ronald, Glenn V. Ostir, Michelle L. Frisco, and Kyriakos S. Markides. (2000). “A Comparison of Self-Reported and Performance-Based Assessments of Functional Capacity in the Hispanic EPESE”. Research on Aging, 22(6): 715-737.
Muller, Chandra and Michelle L. Frisco (1998). “Organizations for Adolescents.” In Kathryn Borman and Barbara Schneider (eds.), The Adolescent Years: Social Influences and Educational Challenges. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
PENN STATE COURSES
Sociology of the Family
First Year Seminar on Contemporary Family Issues