Kenneth Frank, an MSU Research Foundation Distinguished Professor of Sociometrics, received the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Award from the American Sociological Association. The annual honor recognizes scholars who have made outstanding contributions to the field of sociological methodology.
He is the first scholar from Michigan State University to earn this national accolade.
Frank's research centers on the study of schools as organizations, social structures of students and teachers, and school decision-making and social capital. His current work centers on how first-generation college students draw on their networks and supports to persist in college, how shocks affect food distribution networks and how networks of fishermen interact with ecological networks to transform an ecosystem.