Research & Events

  • Frisby, M. B. (under review). A Case for Bayesian Statistics in Critical Quantitative Research in Education. Submitted to Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/x6evk

    Diemer, M. A., Frisby, M. B., Marchand, A. D., Bardelli, E. (in press). Illustrating and enacting a critical quantitative approach to measurement with MIMIC models. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. https://doi.org/10.1080/19345747.2024.2391774

    Frisby, M. B. & Diemer, M. A. (2024 ). Development and Validation of the White Critical Consciousness Index. Research in Human Development, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2024.2383856

    Pinedo, A., Diemer, M. A., Frisby, M. B. (2024). Critical Consciousness and Youth Political Activism. Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, 6. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-devpsych-010923-113449

    Frisby, M. B. (2024). Critical quantitative literacy: an educational foundation for critical quantitative research. AERA Open, 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584241228223

    Pinedo, A., Frisby, M. B., Kubi, G., Vezaldenos, V., Rostant, O. S., Diemer, M. A., McCalister, S., & Harris, E. (2023). The longitudinal interplay and ontogenesis of critical consciousness among youth activists. Child Development, 95 (1), 296-312. http://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13977

    Sack, D. E., Seabi, T. M., Frisby, M. B., Diemer, M. A., Ndlovu, G. H., Wagner, R. G., & Audet, C. M. (2023). Exploratory validation of relationship functioning and non-pregnant partner behavior scales in pregnant people living with HIV in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Global Health Action, 16 (1). https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2023.2210882

    Cole, S., Murphy, H., Frisby, M. B. (2022). The relationship between special education placement and high school outcomes. Journal of Special Education, 57 (1), 13-23. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224669221097945

    Frisby, M. B., Diemer, M. A., Sack, D. E., Audet, C. M. (2022). Dyadic validation of relational processes in Mozambican couples: social support, physician trust, and stigma. Aids & Behavior, 26, 4135-4143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-022-03739-w

    Diemer, 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.12393

    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/10.1080/10705511.2021.1911658

    Marchand, A., Frisby, M. B., 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.2021.1089

    Murphy, H., Cole, S., Frisby, M. B. (2021). Mayor-sponsored charter school and traditional public-School student achievement. Journal of Behavioral and Social Sciences, 8, 13-29.

    Frisby, 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.

    Diemer, 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/10.1080/10888691.2020.1834394

    Cole, S., Murphy, H., Frisby, M. B., Grossi, T., Bolte, H. (2020). The relationship of special education placement and student academic outcomes. Journal of Special Education, 54 (4), 217-227. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022466920925033

    Sack, D. E., Frisby, M. B., Diemer, M. A., De Schacht, C., Graves, E., Kipp, A., Almiro, E., Ariano, M., Ezequiel, B., Van Rompaey, S., Wallston, K., & Audet, C. M. (2020). Interpersonal Reactivity Index adaptation among expectant seroconcordant couples with HIV in Zamb´ezia Province, Mozambique. BMC Psychology, 8 (1), 90. https://doi.org/10.1186/S40359-020-00442-0

    Kroeper, K. M., Quintanilla, V. D., Frisby, M. B., Yel, N., Applegate, A. G., Sherman, S. J., & Murphy, M. C. (2020). Underestimating the unrepresented: cognitive biases disadvantage pro se litigants in family law cases. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 26 (2), 198-212. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000229

    Caughlan, S., Hallman, H., Pasternak, D. L., Renzi, L., Rush, L. & Frisby, M. B. (2017). How English language arts teachers are prepared for twenty-first-century classrooms: Results of a National Study. English Education, 49 (3), 265-297. https:doi.org/10.58680/ee201729043

  • Lee, J. Y., Mengo, C., Frisby, M. B., Cha, H., & Yoon, S. (2025, May). Identifying child welfare system processes associated with parental and child health outcomes. ResilienceCon, Nashville, TN.

    Frisby, M. B. & Diemer, M.A. (2025, January). Development and Validation of the White Critical Consciousness Index. Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Human Development Webinar on Innovations in Conceptualizing and Measuring Critical Consciousness. Virtual.

    Frisby, M. B. (2024, November). A Look at the Development and Current State of Critical Quantitative Methods. Discussion presented to the Georgia State University Educational Policy Studies Graduate Student Association. Atlanta, Georgia.

    Diemer, M. A., Frisby, M. B., & Marchand, A. (2024, May). Leveraging Critical Quantitative Methodology and MIMIC Modeling Toward Anti-Racist Measurement in Developmental Science. Paper presented at the APA Division 15 Race & Diversity Committee: Anti-Racist & Anti-Colonial Approaches to Research. Virtual.

    Diemer, M. A., Frisby, M. B., & Marchand, A. (2024, May). Leveraging Critical Quantitative Methodology and MIMIC Modeling Toward Anti-Racist Measurement in Developmental Science. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Anti-racist Developmental Science Summit: Transforming Research, Practices, and Policies. Panama City, Panama.

    Frisby, M. B. & Diemer, M. A. (2023, June). Latent Variable modeling as a Vehicle toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Symposium chaired at Modern Modeling Methods Annual Meeting, Storrs, CT.

    Diemer, M. A., Frisby, M. B. (2023, April). Advances in Critical Consciousness Measurement. Paper presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA.

    Diemer, M. A., Frisby, M. B., Pinedo, A. N., Bardelli, E. & Harris, E., McAlister, S. & Voight, A.M. (2022, June). Enacting critical quantitative methodology: Leveraging IRT to advance critical consciousness measurement. Paper presented at the Quantitative Methodology Center 2022 Conference, Columbus, OH.

    Pinedo, A., Frisby, M. B., Kubi, G., Vezaldenos, V. A., Diemer, M. A., McAlister, S. & Harris, E. (2022, March). The longitudinal interplay and ontogenesis of critical consciousness among youth activists. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA.

    Frisby, M. B. (2021). White antiracist allyship: a literature review of definitions, development, and praxis. Presentation in P. Ballard & L. Hoyt (Chairs)., The development of ”allyship” and critical action among white people over the lifecourse. Symposium at the Society for Research in Child Development Annual Meeting, virtual, April 2021.

    Frisby, M. B. (2021). Revisiting white allyship: peer-reviewed responses to foundational questions and future research. Presentation in H. Malone (Chair)., Power, intersectionality and solidarity within youth and community organizing. Symposium at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, virtual, April 2021.

    Quintanilla, V. D., Frisby, M. B., Erman, S. M., Yel, N. (2021) Disrupted Gatekeeping: An Empirical Look at How Gatekeeping Influences Access to Legal Education and the Legal Profession & How This Decision-Making Has Been Impacted By COVID-19. Association of American Law Schools (AALS), Virtual, January 2021.

    Frisby, M. B. (2020). A Matrix Algebra Solution to Visualizing Latent Endogenous Moderation. Michigan Student Symposium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 2020.

    Frisby, M. B. (2019). Estimating and Visualizing Interactions Between Endogenous Latent Variables. Lecture at the University of Michigan Department of Psychology Methods Hour, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 2019.

    Clements, C.J., Frisby, M. B., Jarrett, D., Melerio-Garcia, F. (2017). Language Typology and Algorithms Used to Determine Language Groupings. ACBLPE Annual Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2017.

    Chen, P., Evans, T., Frisby, M. B., Izquierdo, E., Plale, B. (2016). A Hybrid Approach to Population Construction For Agricultural Agent-Based Simulation. IEEE 12th International Conference on eScience, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2016.

    Caughlan, S., Hallman, H., Renzi, L., Pasternak, D. L., Rush, L., Frisby, M. B., & Lawrence, F. (2014). The Current State of English Teacher Preparation: Results of a Nation-wide Survey. Annual Convention of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2014.

  • Diemer, M. A., Frisby, M. B., Marchand, A. D. (2025, May). Critical Quantitative Measurement. Workshop given at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development. Sponsored by Stats Camp.

    Diemer, M. A., Frisby, M. B., (2020). Introduction to Psychometrics. Three-day virtual workshop sponsored by Stats Camp.

    Frisby, M. B., Bardelli, E. (2020). Data Driven Psychometric Measurement in Public Health. Lecture given for the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

    Frisby, M. B., Bardelli, E. (2020). Psychometric Measurement as a Research Method. Lecture given for the University of Michigan School of Public Health.

    Frisby, M.B. (2017). An Introductory Series on Statistical Methodology. Series presented at the Indiana University Center for Law, Society, and Culture.

    Frisby, M.B. (2015-2017). Categorical Data Analysis in Sociolinguistics. Recurring series presented to the Indiana University Department of Linguistics.

    Frisby, M.B. (2015). Advanced Statistical Methods in R. Workshop presented at the Indiana University Workshop in Methods.

    Frisby, M.B. (2014). Introduction to R Programming. Workshop presented at the Indiana University Workshop in Methods.