William Frey
An
internationally regarded demographer, William Frey is
known for his research on migration and U.S. urban and
regional demographic change, as well as for his
expertise on the U.S. Census.
Frey is on the faculty of the University of Michigan’s
Institute for Social Research and Population Studies
Center, where he has worked for more than two decades.
His current research projects are focused on race and
Hispanic demographic shifts in the ‘00s decade; the
aging of the baby boomers; the demographics of “red and
blue” America; and new trends in urban, suburban and
exurban populations. At Michigan Frey has directed
projects with the National Science Foundation, NICHD
Center for Population Research, NIA, and several
foundations. He contributed to the 1995 President’s
National Urban Policy Report, and to HUD’s State of the
Cities 2000 report, and has acted as a consultant to the
U.S. Census Bureau on migration research and
publications.
Prior to joining the faculty at Michigan, Frey served
from 1976 to 1981 as a project director and associate at
the Center for Demography and Ecology at the University
of Wisconsin. In the early 1970s, he held similar roles
at the University of Washington and Rutgers University.
Frey has authored over 100 publications and several
books, including America By the Numbers: A Fieldguide to
the U.S. Population (2001, with Bill Abresch and
Jonathan Yeasting) and Regional and Metropolitan Growth
and Decline in the U.S. (1988, Alden Speare, Jr.).
He is also known for his ability to communicate
demographic trends to general and policy audiences. His
writings and observations have been written about in
such publications as The Economist, The National
Journal, The Brookings Review, The New Yorker and
Forbes. Frey has also appeared as a commentator on
National Public Radio, The ABC Evening News with Peter
Jennings, The NBC Nightly News, and CSPAN’s Washington
Journal.
Frey received his bachelor’s degree from Ursinus College
in 1969, and went on to earn both a master’s degree and
a doctorate at Brown University.
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