Brandi N Frisby
Biographic Data
| ID | 133087 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brandi N Frisby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brandi N |
| FAMILY NAME | Frisby |
| SIGNATURE | FRISBY B N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kentucky |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0123-6560 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Graduate education in the GenAI era
At a recently attended Council of Graduate Schools Summer Institute and New Deans Workshop, a vendor for a software that hosts electronic dissertations presented on the new generative artificial in
A trend examination of course policy and message framing for student GenAI
Discussion around the implications and usage of ChatGPT and other GenAI in the classroom are generally met with suggestions to implement a clear course policy in the syllabus. However, there are a variety of instructor approaches to crafting syllabus policies and framing messages around the use of GenAI tools. This qualitative trend study sought to understand students’ perceptions of syllabus policies and instructor message framing on the use of …
Longevity of high school teacher messaging during crisis
The purpose of this study sought to replicate work examining student recollections of educators’ memorable messages during a time of crisis (i.e., COVID-19 pandemic). Given the inherent role of persistence over time in the impact of memorable messages, we sought to examine if and how the messages that high school instructors communicated continued to influence students during their time in college. Our findings replicated and extended previous wo…
Generative AI in college coursework
This longitudinal study investigates students’ beliefs and behaviors regarding generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) utilization for college coursework and the role of instructors’ course policies and messaging in students’ decision-making. Guided by the theory of planned behavior (TPB), we note areas of change and stability in students’ GenAI perceptions and practices within and across semesters using short-term longitudinal data collection…
Students’ peer network quality
Guided by self-determination theory, this study explored the impact of students’ peer network quality (i.e., student-to-student connectedness, loneliness, and peer relationship types) on resilience and likelihood to persist. Participants (N = 229) reported that they primarily developed collegial or informational peers in the university setting, that loneliness was negatively related to academic resilience, and peer connectedness was positively re…
When synchronous online learning goes wrong
Using the Transactional Theory of Emotion and Coping (TTEC), this study examined college students’ (N = 159) use of humor to cope with stressors in synchronous online courses. Participants viewed hypothetical scenarios detailing a common online stressor, and reported on humor to cope, anxiety, anger, and academic resilience. Humor to cope was a significant negative predictor of both anxiety and anger and a significant positive predictor of academ…
The influence of French instructors’ rhetorical and relational communication on students’ instructional beliefs, behaviors, and perceived learning
Because most instructional communication research has been conducted within the United States, the purpose of this study was to develop an enhanced understanding of the student–instructor relationship outside the United States using the instructional beliefs model and rhetorical and relational goals theory. Specifically, we examined the effects of perceived instructor rapport and instructor relevance on students’ instructional beliefs (i.e., effi…
Student perceptions of digital distraction prevention and student–instructor rapport
The present study investigated how course policies and enforcement strategies designed to curb classroom digital distraction affect undergraduates' perceptions of student-instructor rapport. Data gathered from online surveys completed by undergraduates at four United States universities revealed that student perceptions of rapport can be influenced by digital distraction prevention. Participants endorsed course technology policies that are develo…
Forum response
This forum forced scholars to examine hard questions about what was and what is, and to give us the space to reflect on the swift evolution of higher education culture exacerbated by a pandemic. It
The role of communication education scholarship in preparing advisors for the professoriate
Testing the Applicability of the Instructional Beliefs Model across Three Countries
Instructional communication research is critiqued for lacking theoretical development and limited cultural understanding. This study tested the instructional beliefs model (IBM) in three countries: US, Turkey, and Finland. Participants (N = 376) reported perceptions of teacher relevance, state motivation, procedural justice, learner empowerment, and revised learning indicators. Results revealed that the IBM provided a good fit to the data in Turk…
Memorable messages in times of uncertainty
In times of uncertainty, the messages we receive can be long-lasting and influential. This study sought to understand what memorable messages students recalled receiving from their instructors at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and what kind of impact those messages had on them. Based on open-ended responses, students (N = 297) recalled emotional support messages most frequently, followed by motivational, solidarity/unifying, compliment/praise…
Technology acceptance model
Given the opportunities new technologies afford students and instructors, this mixed methods, longitudinal study examined factors impacting college students’ behavioral intentions for adopting virtual reality (VR) headsets and 360° video for public speaking rehearsals. Using the technology acceptance model, quantitative findings suggest that both the perceived usefulness of these technologies for rehearsing final speech assignments and VR anxiety…
The role of classroom relationships as sources of academic resilience and hope
Framed by relationships motivation theory, this study examined students’ interpersonal relationships with instructors and peers as potential sources of support that would inspire academic resilience and hope in the face of an academic challenge. Participants (N = 213) reported on a specific academic challenge they had experienced within the first 10 weeks of class, and reported on instructor rapport, classroom connectedness, academic resilience, …
The Role of Humor Styles and Shared Laughter in the Postdivorce Recovery Process
Humorous communication has the potential to bolster resilient outcomes in individuals, and this could be especially true postdivorce. Framed by the resilience model and the stress buffering hypothesis, this study examined humor styles and shared laughter as coping mechanisms following divorce. Results indicate that participants (N = 89) who used self-defeating humor experienced physical stress, the time since the divorce was finalized influenced …
Face Threatening and Face Supportive Communication in Postdivorce Relational Turning Points
Using face as a theoretical framework, this mixed-method study explored divorcees’ postdivorce turning points. Participants (N = 149 divorcees, M age = 39.43) were randomly assigned to report on either a positive or negative turning point, face threats, and face support. Data revealed positive turning points new to extant literature labeled emotional support, practical assistance, civility, distance, and moving forward. Positive turning points we…
The Cognitive Learning Measure
Instructional communication scholars have long been interested in creating and testing alternative approaches to measuring cognitive learning. One of the existing measures, the Cognitive Learning Measure (Frisby & Martin, 2010), has not yet been fully validated. This series of three studies examined the factorial and concurrent validity of the scale. Results revealed that a three-factor measurement model was a better fit to the data than the orig…
Vitamin D
Vitamin D has been a topic of much research interest and controversy, and evidence is mixed concerning its preventive effects and health benefits. The purpose of our study was to explore the decision-making strategies used by both primary care providers and community members surrounding vitamin D in relation to uncertainty management theory. We conducted semistructured interviews with primary care providers ( n = 7) and focus groups with communit…
Face and resilience in divorce
Facework and resilience frameworks were employed to examine threats to, and the protection of, marital partners' identity during divorce and as they relate to outcomes associated with divorce. Divorced participants ( N = 103) reported on the communicative face threats and support during divorce, reporting greater positive face threat and negative facework during divorce. The non-initiator experienced negative outcomes, including negative face thr…
Instructor–Student and Student–Student Rapport in the Classroom
This study examined the relationships between instructors and their students, and between students, to determine their roles in building positive relationships and an overall positive classroom environment. Of particular interest was the examination of instructor rapport with students and rapport between students. Students (N=232) reported on their perceptions of interpersonal relationships in the classroom and on their perceived participation an…
Flirtatious Communication
Rational actors
The proliferation of communication technologies creates many questions about these tools' relational uses and effects. Rational Actor Theory posits that individuals consider the benefits and costs of using a channel for communicating a particular message. This study applied Rational Actor Theory to individuals' ( N = 129) channel choices during conflict episodes in their romantic relationships. Results indicated that partners using both integrati…
Face and resilience in divorce
Facework and resilience frameworks were employed to examine threats to, and the protection of, marital partners' identity during divorce and as they relate to outcomes associated with divorce. Divorced participants ( N = 103) reported on the communicative face threats and support during divorce, reporting greater positive face threat and negative facework during divorce. The non-initiator experienced negative outcomes, including negative face thr…
Flirtatious Communication
Rational actors
The proliferation of communication technologies creates many questions about these tools' relational uses and effects. Rational Actor Theory posits that individuals consider the benefits and costs of using a channel for communicating a particular message. This study applied Rational Actor Theory to individuals' ( N = 129) channel choices during conflict episodes in their romantic relationships. Results indicated that partners using both integrati…
Vitamin D
Vitamin D has been a topic of much research interest and controversy, and evidence is mixed concerning its preventive effects and health benefits. The purpose of our study was to explore the decision-making strategies used by both primary care providers and community members surrounding vitamin D in relation to uncertainty management theory. We conducted semistructured interviews with primary care providers ( n = 7) and focus groups with communit…
Instructor–Student and Student–Student Rapport in the Classroom
This study examined the relationships between instructors and their students, and between students, to determine their roles in building positive relationships and an overall positive classroom environment. Of particular interest was the examination of instructor rapport with students and rapport between students. Students (N=232) reported on their perceptions of interpersonal relationships in the classroom and on their perceived participation an…
Flirtatious Communication
Rational actors
The proliferation of communication technologies creates many questions about these tools' relational uses and effects. Rational Actor Theory posits that individuals consider the benefits and costs of using a channel for communicating a particular message. This study applied Rational Actor Theory to individuals' ( N = 129) channel choices during conflict episodes in their romantic relationships. Results indicated that partners using both integrati…
Face and resilience in divorce
Facework and resilience frameworks were employed to examine threats to, and the protection of, marital partners' identity during divorce and as they relate to outcomes associated with divorce. Divorced participants ( N = 103) reported on the communicative face threats and support during divorce, reporting greater positive face threat and negative facework during divorce. The non-initiator experienced negative outcomes, including negative face thr…
Face Threatening and Face Supportive Communication in Postdivorce Relational Turning Points
Using face as a theoretical framework, this mixed-method study explored divorcees’ postdivorce turning points. Participants (N = 149 divorcees, M age = 39.43) were randomly assigned to report on either a positive or negative turning point, face threats, and face support. Data revealed positive turning points new to extant literature labeled emotional support, practical assistance, civility, distance, and moving forward. Positive turning points we…
The Cognitive Learning Measure
Instructional communication scholars have long been interested in creating and testing alternative approaches to measuring cognitive learning. One of the existing measures, the Cognitive Learning Measure (Frisby & Martin, 2010), has not yet been fully validated. This series of three studies examined the factorial and concurrent validity of the scale. Results revealed that a three-factor measurement model was a better fit to the data than the orig…
Vitamin D
Vitamin D has been a topic of much research interest and controversy, and evidence is mixed concerning its preventive effects and health benefits. The purpose of our study was to explore the decision-making strategies used by both primary care providers and community members surrounding vitamin D in relation to uncertainty management theory. We conducted semistructured interviews with primary care providers ( n = 7) and focus groups with communit…
The Role of Humor Styles and Shared Laughter in the Postdivorce Recovery Process
Humorous communication has the potential to bolster resilient outcomes in individuals, and this could be especially true postdivorce. Framed by the resilience model and the stress buffering hypothesis, this study examined humor styles and shared laughter as coping mechanisms following divorce. Results indicate that participants (N = 89) who used self-defeating humor experienced physical stress, the time since the divorce was finalized influenced …
The role of classroom relationships as sources of academic resilience and hope
Framed by relationships motivation theory, this study examined students’ interpersonal relationships with instructors and peers as potential sources of support that would inspire academic resilience and hope in the face of an academic challenge. Participants (N = 213) reported on a specific academic challenge they had experienced within the first 10 weeks of class, and reported on instructor rapport, classroom connectedness, academic resilience, …
Memorable messages in times of uncertainty
In times of uncertainty, the messages we receive can be long-lasting and influential. This study sought to understand what memorable messages students recalled receiving from their instructors at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and what kind of impact those messages had on them. Based on open-ended responses, students (N = 297) recalled emotional support messages most frequently, followed by motivational, solidarity/unifying, compliment/praise…
Technology acceptance model
Given the opportunities new technologies afford students and instructors, this mixed methods, longitudinal study examined factors impacting college students’ behavioral intentions for adopting virtual reality (VR) headsets and 360° video for public speaking rehearsals. Using the technology acceptance model, quantitative findings suggest that both the perceived usefulness of these technologies for rehearsing final speech assignments and VR anxiety…
The role of communication education scholarship in preparing advisors for the professoriate
Testing the Applicability of the Instructional Beliefs Model across Three Countries
Instructional communication research is critiqued for lacking theoretical development and limited cultural understanding. This study tested the instructional beliefs model (IBM) in three countries: US, Turkey, and Finland. Participants (N = 376) reported perceptions of teacher relevance, state motivation, procedural justice, learner empowerment, and revised learning indicators. Results revealed that the IBM provided a good fit to the data in Turk…
Student perceptions of digital distraction prevention and student–instructor rapport
The present study investigated how course policies and enforcement strategies designed to curb classroom digital distraction affect undergraduates' perceptions of student-instructor rapport. Data gathered from online surveys completed by undergraduates at four United States universities revealed that student perceptions of rapport can be influenced by digital distraction prevention. Participants endorsed course technology policies that are develo…
Forum response
This forum forced scholars to examine hard questions about what was and what is, and to give us the space to reflect on the swift evolution of higher education culture exacerbated by a pandemic. It
Students’ peer network quality
Guided by self-determination theory, this study explored the impact of students’ peer network quality (i.e., student-to-student connectedness, loneliness, and peer relationship types) on resilience and likelihood to persist. Participants (N = 229) reported that they primarily developed collegial or informational peers in the university setting, that loneliness was negatively related to academic resilience, and peer connectedness was positively re…
When synchronous online learning goes wrong
Using the Transactional Theory of Emotion and Coping (TTEC), this study examined college students’ (N = 159) use of humor to cope with stressors in synchronous online courses. Participants viewed hypothetical scenarios detailing a common online stressor, and reported on humor to cope, anxiety, anger, and academic resilience. Humor to cope was a significant negative predictor of both anxiety and anger and a significant positive predictor of academ…
The influence of French instructors’ rhetorical and relational communication on students’ instructional beliefs, behaviors, and perceived learning
Because most instructional communication research has been conducted within the United States, the purpose of this study was to develop an enhanced understanding of the student–instructor relationship outside the United States using the instructional beliefs model and rhetorical and relational goals theory. Specifically, we examined the effects of perceived instructor rapport and instructor relevance on students’ instructional beliefs (i.e., effi…
A trend examination of course policy and message framing for student GenAI
Discussion around the implications and usage of ChatGPT and other GenAI in the classroom are generally met with suggestions to implement a clear course policy in the syllabus. However, there are a variety of instructor approaches to crafting syllabus policies and framing messages around the use of GenAI tools. This qualitative trend study sought to understand students’ perceptions of syllabus policies and instructor message framing on the use of …
Longevity of high school teacher messaging during crisis
The purpose of this study sought to replicate work examining student recollections of educators’ memorable messages during a time of crisis (i.e., COVID-19 pandemic). Given the inherent role of persistence over time in the impact of memorable messages, we sought to examine if and how the messages that high school instructors communicated continued to influence students during their time in college. Our findings replicated and extended previous wo…
Generative AI in college coursework
This longitudinal study investigates students’ beliefs and behaviors regarding generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) utilization for college coursework and the role of instructors’ course policies and messaging in students’ decision-making. Guided by the theory of planned behavior (TPB), we note areas of change and stability in students’ GenAI perceptions and practices within and across semesters using short-term longitudinal data collection…
Graduate education in the GenAI era
At a recently attended Council of Graduate Schools Summer Institute and New Deans Workshop, a vendor for a software that hosts electronic dissertations presented on the new generative artificial in
Psychology (19 works) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (12 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Online and Blended Learning (6 works) · Perception (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Mathematics education (5 works)