Dr. Frye studies the complex relationships between culture, ideas, and demographic patterns, using both qualitative and quantitative research methods to investigate these relationships. Her current focus is a longitudinal data collection project examining the experiences of university graduates living in Kampala, Uganda.

Elizabeth Bruch is an Associate Professor in Sociology and Complex Systems at the University of Michigan, and an external faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute. She directed Michigan’s Computational Social Science Initiative from 2018-2021 and is currently the associate director of UM’s Institute for Data Science and AI. She studies how we stumble our… Continue reading Bruch,Elizabeth Eve

Erin A. Cech is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Associate Professor by courtesy in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, San Diego and undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and Sociology from Montana State University. Cech’s research examines cultural mechanisms of inequality reproduction–specifically, how… Continue reading Cech,Erin Ann

Dr. Murphy’s research uses ethnographic methods to examine how poverty and inequality are experienced, structured, and reproduced across and within multiple domains of social life including neighborhoods, social networks, organizations, and the state. Current research projects examine the new suburban poverty as well as the causes and consequences of transportation insecurity.

David Lam’s research focuses on the interaction of economics and demography in developing countries, including analysis of the economics of population growth, fertility, marriage and aging. He has worked extensively in Brazil and South Africa, where his research analyzes links between education, labor markets and income inequality.the economics of population growth, fertility, marriage and aging.… Continue reading Lam,David A

John E. Marcotte, PhD is a statistician and data security expert. He has over 25 years of experience performing quantitative analysis. During his career, Marcotte has served as a quantitative researcher, biostatistician, data archivist, data security officer and computing director. Among Marcotte’s statistical fortes are linear and logistic regression, survival analysis and sampling while his… Continue reading John Marcotte

Amy Pienta is Associate Director of Faculty and a Research Professor. As a demographer who works on social determinants of health, she has directed several large health data infrastructure projects advancing open science goals (National Addiction and Data Archive Program, Health and Medical Care Archive, Patient-Centered Outcomes Data Repository). Her work is supported by the… Continue reading Pienta,Amy

Dirgha J. Ghimire is a social demographer and Research Professor at the Population Studies Center, as well as a Faculty Associate at the Survey Research Center within the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. He also serves as Executive Director of the Institute for Social and Environmental Research Nepal (ISER-N) in Chitwan, Nepal. Dr.… Continue reading Ghimire, Dirgha Jibi