Dr. Angela Frederick
Angela Frederick is Associate Professor of Sociology and Undergraduate Program Director in the Sociology & Anthropology Department at UTEP. Dr. Frederick is a qualitative researcher; her work spans the areas of medical sociology, the sociology of disability, Hispanic/Latine college students’ paths into STEM and health fields, and more recently environmental sociology.
Dr. Frederick’s prior work in the sociology of disability has appeared in highly-ranked journals, including Social Science & Medicine, Gender & Society, and Sociology of Race & Ethnicity. Her publications have garnered awards from multiple sections of the American Sociological Association, including the Sex and Gender Section, Race Gender and Class Section, and Disability in Society section.
In her current book project under contract with NYU Press, Dr. Frederick examines the impact of Winter Storm Uri and the 2021 Texas power crisis on people with disabilities. The project draws from 57 interviews she conducted with disabled people and parental caregivers who endured the 2021 disaster.
In another line of research, Dr. Frederick is part of a research team conducting a longitudinal qualitative study of the trajectories of Hispanic/Latine young adults pursuing health-related careers. Dr. Frederick is first-author on a recent series of articles, which focus on how family context shapes these young adults’ graduate school and career decisions, how these young adults actively negotiate the competing demands of family responsibilities and their career goals, and how they employ their science knowledge to better their communities.
Dr. Frederick earned her doctorate in sociology from The Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é of Texas at Austin in 2012. Prior to joining UTEP, she was Assistant Professor of Sociology at Rhodes College.
Selected Publications
Medical Sociology/Disability
In Progress. Disabled Power: People with Disabilities, Winter Storm Uri, and the 2021 Texas Power Crisis. Under contract with NYU Press.
Frederick, Angela. 2023. “’You’re Always Fighting to be Recognized’: A Young Blind Man’s Journey of Upward Mobility and Intersectional Activism.” Disability & Society 38(8):1347-1364. doi: 10.1080/09687599.2021.1997717.
Frederick, Angela. 2022. “Texans with Disabilities During Winter Storm Uri: A Qualitative Study.” Natural Hazards Center. .
Shifrer, Dara, and Angela Frederick. (2019). “Disability at the Intersections.” Sociology Compass 13(10): 1-16.
Frederick, Angela. 2018. “Disabling Fields, Enabling Capital: Mothers With Disabilities and the Concerted Cultivation Habitus.” Disability Studies Quarterly 34(4). doi: 10.18061/dsq.v38i4.6162.
Frederick, Angela, and Dara Shifrer. 2018. “Race and Disability: From Analogy to Intersectionality.” Sociology of Race & Ethnicity 5(2). doi: 1177/2336249218783840.
- Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award. American Sociological Association, Race, Gender and Class Section (2020).
Frederick, Angela, Kylara Leyva, and Grace Lavin. 2018. “The Double Edge of Legitimacy: How Women with Disabilities Interpret Good Mothering.” Social Currents 6(2):163-176.
Frederick, Angela. 2017. “Visibility, Respectability, and Disengagement: The Everyday Resistance of Mothers with Disabilities.” Social Science & Medicine 181:131-138.
Frederick, Angela. 2017. “Risky Mothers and the Normalcy Project: Women with Disabilities Negotiate Scientific Motherhood.” Gender & Society 31(1):74-95.
- Distinguished Article Award. American Sociological Association, Sex & Gender Section (2018).
- Honorable Mention, Star-Nelkin Paper Award. American Sociological Association, Science, Knowledge & Technologies Section (2018).
- Outstanding Publication in the Sociology of Disability Award. American Sociological Association, Disability & Society Section (2017).
Hispanic/Latine Students in STEM
Frederick, Angela, Angelica Monarrez, and Danielle X. Morales. 2024. “Strategic Familismo: How Hispanic/Latine College Students Negotiate Family Values and Their STEM Careers.” International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education 1-17. doi: 10.1080/09518398.2024.2365191.
Frederick, Angela, Angelica Monarrez, and Danielle X. Morales. 2023. “Care Work, Science Brokering, and Career Motivations: How Hispanic/Latinx Young Adults in STEM Express Social Agency During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Women & Minorities in Science & Engineering. doi: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2023045392.
Frederick, Angela, Angelica Monarrez, Heather Daniels, Sara Grineski, Timothy Collins, and Danielle X. Morales. 2023. “’Your Family is Always with You:’ Perceptions of Parental Relationships Among Hispanic/Latinx Young Adults Pursuing STEM Careers.” CBE-Life Sciences Education. doi: 10.1187/cbe.22-06-0110.
Frederick, Angela, Sara Grineski, Timothy Collins, Heather Daniels, and Danielle X. Morales. 2021. “The Emerging STEM Paths and Science Identities of Hispanic/Latinx College Students: Examining the Importance of Multiple Undergraduate Research Experiences.” CBE-Life Sciences Education 20(2). doi: 10.1187/cbe.20-08-0191.
Frederick, Angela, Heather Daniels, Sara Grineski, and Timothy Collins. 2019. “’I’ve Never Felt Like That Inhibits Anything’: The Gendered Frameworks of Latina College Students in a STEM Program.” Gender & Education 32(5):646-663.
Contact Information
Email: ahfrederick2@utep.edu
Phone: 1-915-747-7320
Fax: 1-915-747-5505
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