Michael Frisby
Assistant Professor - Research, Measurement and Statistics Educational Policy Studies- Education
B.A. in Philosophy, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2009
M.S. in Statistics, Michigan State University, 2012
Ph.D. in Educational Studies, University of Michigan, 2022
- Biography
Michael Frisby is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Policy Studies affiliated with Research, Measurement and Statistics.
Frisby earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. His research features applied psychometrics as a tool for exploring youths’ development of critical consciousness. Most recently, his work uses latent profile analysis, item response theory, and structural equation modeling to explore how young people with more privileged identities develop critical consciousness and challenge systemic inequality. Frisby is also interested in the theoretical and methodological expansion of quantitative critical race theory (QuantCRiT) and critical quantitative studies (CritQuant).
- Publications
Frisby, M. B., Diemer, M. A. (2021). “Everything in moderation: a proposed improvement to variance calculation for visualizing latent endogenous moderation.” Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 28 (6), 914-927.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10705511.2021.1911658Marchand, A., Frisby, M., Kraemer, M., Matthews, C., Diemer, M. A., & Voight, A. M. (2021). “Sociopolitical participation among marginalized youth: do political identification and ideology matter?” Journal of Youth Development, 16 (5).
https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2021.1089Diemer, M. A., Pinedo, A., Banales, J., Matthews, C. J., Frisby, M. B., Harris, E. M., McAlister, S. (2021). “Recentering action in critical consciousness.” Child Development Perspectives, 15 (1), 12-17.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12393Diemer, M. A., Frisby, M. B., Pinedo, A., Bardelli, E., & Elliot, E. (2020). “Validation of the short critical consciousness scale (ShoCCS).” Applied Developmental Science, 26 (3), 409-425.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2020.1834394Frisby, M. B., Erman, S., Quintanilla, V. D. (2020). “Safeguard or barrier: an empirical examination of bar exam cut scores.” Journal of Legal Education, 70 (1), 125-161.