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Craig L. Frisby

Craig L. Frisby



Associate Professor of Education


7 Hill Hall
(573) 884-2561
E-mail: FrisbyCL@Missouri.edu

General Interests


  • Test Session Behavior
  • Multidimensional Scaling Applications
  • Measurement of Critical Thinking

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



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.