William Frey

William Frey

William H. Frey is a senior fellow with the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. He is also a research professor in population studies at the University of Michigan.

William H. Frey is a senior fellow with the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. He is also a research professor in population studies at the University of Michigan. An internationally regarded demographer, he is known for his expertise in US demographics and American political demographics. Frey has authored over 200 publications and several books, most recently, Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics are Remaking America (Brookings Institution Press, 2015)

Frey’s work has been written about in such diverse venues as The Economist, The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, The New Yorker and Forbes. His commentary and observations have been featured on broadcast media such as NPR’s All Things Considered, The PBS NewsHour, NBC’s Nightly News, and C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, and print media including The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.

William Frey

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US Diversity Explosion Is a Reason for Optimism

Opportunities will increase when the institutional players across our country—politicians, civic leaders, nonprofit leaders, and employers—recognize the potential of this new, more diverse generation. This blog post is part of the series “Closing the Racial Gaps: Together We Can,” which highlights efforts across the United States that show promise for closing racial opportunity gaps and creating a more equitable future. As the …

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