Dr. Kenneth Frank

Biography

Kenneth Frank received his Ph.D. in measurement, evaluation, and statistical analysis from the School of Education at the University of Chicago in 1993. He is a Michigan State University Foundation Professor in Sociometrics and a professor in the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education. He also has a courtesy appointment in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University. His substantive interests focus on the study of schools as organizations, social structures involving students and teachers, school decision-making, and social capital. His methodological interests include social network analysis, sensitivity analysis, and causal inference. Frank's publications cover quantitative methods in social networks, robustness indices for causal inferences, and the effects of social capital on education and resource management.

Research Interests