Craig L. Frisby
General Interests
  • Test Session Behavior
  • Multidimensional Scaling Applications
  • Measurement of Critical Thinking


Craig L. Frisby
Associate Professor of Education
7 Hill Hall
(573) 884-2561
E-mail: FrisbyCL@Missouri.edu
Academic Background:

Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley, 1987, in School Psychology

M.S. from Indiana University-Bloomington, 1980, in Educational Psychology

B.M.E. from Indiana University-Bloomington, 1979, in Music Education


Selected Published Works :
Edited Books

Frisby, C. & Reynolds, C. (Eds)(2005). Comprehensive handbook of multicultural school psychology. New York, NY.: John Wiley

Book Chapters 

Frisby, C. (2006). Ethnic and racial diversity. In G.G. Bear & K.M. Minke (Eds), Children’s needs III: Development, prevention, and intervention (pp. 567-578). Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.

Frisby, C. (2005). The politics of multiculturalism in school psychology: Part I. In C.L. Frisby & C.R. Reynolds (Eds.), Comprehensive handbook of multicultural school psychology (pp. 45-80). New York: John Wiley.

Frisby, C. (2005). The politics of multiculturalism in school psychology: Part II. In C.L. Frisby & C.R. Reynolds (Eds.), Comprehensive handbook of multicultural school psychology (pp. 81-136). New York: John Wiley.

Frisby, C. (2005). Learning styles. In S.W. Lee (Ed.), Encyclopedia of school psychology (pp. 294-298). Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage.

Frisby, C. (2003). Nonverbal assessment of academic achievement with special populations. In S. McCallum (Ed.), Handbook of nonverbal assessment (pp. 241-258). New York: Allyn & Bacon.

Frisby, C. (2001). Academic achievement. In L. Suzuki, J.G. Ponterotto, P.J. Meller (Eds.) Handbook of multicultural assessment (2nd Edition). San Francisco, CA.: Jossey-Bass.

Journal Articles (Refereed) 

Frisby, C., & Osterlind, S. (in press). Hispanic test session behavior on the Woodcock Johnson Psychoeducational Battery – Third Edition. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment.

Frisby, C., & Osterlind, S. (in press). A descriptive analysis of Test Session Observation Checklist Ratings from the Woodcock Johnson III standardization sample. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment.

Frisby, C., Kim, S., & Wolfmeyer, M. (2006). Identifying core profiles in attitudes toward school violence. Journal of School Violence, 4(4), 5 – 29.

Kim, S., Frisby, C., & Davison, M. (2004). Estimating cognitive profiles using Profile Analysis via Multidimensional Scaling (PAMS). Multivariate Behavioral Research, 39(4), 595-624.

Frisby, C. & Traffanstedt, B. (2003). Time and performance on the California Critical Thinking Skills Test. Journal of College Reading and Learning, 34(1), 26-43.

Frisby, C., & Lorenzo-Luaces, L. (2000). The structure of cultural difference judgments in a Cuban-American sample. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 22(2), 194-222.

Book Review

Frisby, C. (2006). The sad final act of a 50 year morality play. Review of Jonathan Kozol’s Shame of the Nation: The restoration of apartheid schooling in America. PsychCritiques, Vol. 51(12), Article 5.


Research Grants:

National Science Foundation, “Curriculum to Complement Accessible Scalable Vector Graphic Authoring and Editing Applications”. Gardner, John (Principal Investigator), Frisby, C., Knoop, A. (Co-Investigators). $59,403.

Group differences in general intelligence and its constituent processes. Beaujean, A., Principal Investigator & Frisby, C., Co-investigator. MU Research Council,  $250.00

Interactions among Subgroup and Individual Differences in Adolescent Health and Educational Outcomes. Beaujean, A., Principal Investigator & Frisby, C., Co-Investigator. Pioneer Fund, $4,263.

Dr. Richard Wallace Research Incentive Grant, Accommodations for students who are at-risk for math disabilities: Reaction time on math tasks for students with varying academic needs. Erica Lembke (PI), Craig Frisby, Andy Knoop (Co-PIs), $2,000 (Funded)

MU Research Board, The Identification of Diagnostic Discriminators for College Students With and Without Math Disabilities, Craig Frisby, Principal Investigator, Fall 2004/Winter 2005, $34,583.

Marilyn Holt Finley Research Award, Mapping the Moral Dimensions of School Behavior Problems, Craig Frisby, Principal Investigator, Winter 2002, $1,000. 

Woodcock-Munoz Foundation, Relationship between Test Session Behavior and Woodcock Johnson Test Battery Scores, Craig Frisby, Principal Investigator, Winter 2002, $2250.

Riverside Publishing Co., WJ-III Tests of Cognitive Abilities Materials Grants. Craig Frisby, Principal Author. Winter, 2001, $6,000.