Contact Information 413 Oswald Tower Department of Sociology The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 Office Phone: 814-863-5507 Fax: 814-863-7216 email: mfrisco@pop.psu.edu

Education

Research and Teaching Interests

Michelle Frisco is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Demography and a Children Youth and Families Consortium (CYFC) faculty member who is interested in the ways that adolescents' and young adults' health, education and family life intersect. Her most recent research endeavors focus on the consequences of adolescent and early adult obesity. Her primary strand of research investigates relationships between young women's weight and fertility outcomes throughout the adult life course. Her other research focuses on gender differences in relationships between weight and mental health outcomes during adolescence and the transition to adulthood.

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