Associate Professor
she/her/hers
mtfrye@umich.edu
Office Information:
3148 LSA Building
phone: 734.647.3103
Sociology of Culture;
Inequalities and Stratification;
Comparative and Historical Approaches;
Demography;
International Sociology;
Gender and Sexuality;
Family, Life Course, and Society;
Mixed Methods;
Sociology
Education/Degree:
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2013
About
Margaret Frye uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate how shared cultural ideals and expectations shape outcomes during young adulthood, with a particular focus on family formation and schooling. Most of Frye's research has focused on sub-Saharan Africa, with several projects in Malawi and Uganda as well as a number of studies that use data from dozens of African countries to learn about how unequally distributed educational opportunities shape cultural norms and behaviors. Frye recently completed a longitudinal data collection project in Kampala, Uganda, examining changing understandings of status resulting from Uganda’s simultaneous expansion of university education and contraction of formal employment opportunities.
