Michelle Frierson
School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education
Biography
Michelle Frierson is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership at Utah State University. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection between decolonizing methodologies and Black joy. Her research is committed to supporting BIPOC educators and students to reimagine STEM spaces to be more inclusive, equitable, and joyous.
Teaching Interests
Elementary Mathematics Methods
Pre-service Teacher Education
Mathematics Education Research Foundations, Theory, and Methods
Research Interests
STEM identities
Decolonizing Methodologies in Education
Supporting BIPOC Educators and Students
Publications | Books
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Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Suarez, M.I, Strunk, K., Furr, K.N, Tuxbury, K.L, Justus-Smith , C., Nicolai, K.D, Racelis, T.L, Frierson, M., Diaz, E., Boateng, O., Grigg, J.P, (2025). QuantCrit at the Intersections: A Systematic Review of Gender and Sexuality in QuantCrit Research. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
- Frierson, M., (2025). “What Does That Mean In My Body? All of It?”: Decolonizing Methodology Through An Embodied Noticing Approach. International Journal of Qualitative Methods
- Frierson, M., (2025). Re-authoring Mathematics Narratives Through a Participatory Approach. Urban Education, doi: 10.1177/00420859251369741
- Mendoza, E., Hand, V., van Es, E.A, Hoos, S., Frierson, M., (2021). ‘The ability to lay yourself bare’: centering rupture, inherited conversations, and vulnerability in professional development. Professional Development in Education, 47:2-3, 243-256. doi: 10.1080/19415257.2021.1891955
- Frierson, M., Communities as Fraught Spaces. AERA Open
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
Other
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Teaching
TEAL 7555 - Mathematics Education - Current Issues and Policies, Spring 2026
SCED 5100 - Motivation and Classroom Management, Spring 2026
TEAL 6552 - Mathematics Education Leadership Knowledge and Skills, Fall 2025
TEAL 6551 - Mathematics for Teaching K - 8: Assessment and Intervention, Fall 2025
TEAL 6523 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2025
TEAL 6524 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Geometry and Measurement, Fall 2025
TEAL 6521 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Numbers and Operations, Fall 2025
TEAL 6522 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Rational Numbers and Proportional Reasoning, Fall 2025
ELED 5040 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2025
USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2025
TEAL 6552 - Mathematics Education Leadership Knowledge and Skills, Spring 2025
TEAL 6551 - Mathematics for Teaching K - 8: Assessment and Intervention, Spring 2025
TEAL 6523 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Algebraic Reasoning, Spring 2025
TEAL 6524 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Geometry and Measurement, Spring 2025
TEAL 6521 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Numbers and Operations, Spring 2025
ELED 4061 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics I: Rational Numbers, Operations, and Proportional Reasoning, Spring 2025
TEAL 6551 - Mathematics for Teaching K - 8: Assessment and Intervention, Fall 2024
TEAL 6523 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2024
TEAL 6525 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Data Analysis and Problem Solving, Fall 2024
TEAL 6524 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Geometry and Measurement, Fall 2024
TEAL 6521 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Numbers and Operations, Fall 2024
TEAL 6522 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Rational Numbers and Proportional Reasoning, Fall 2024
TEAL 5523 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8: Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2024
TEAL 5521 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8: Numbers and Operations, Fall 2024
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2024
TEAL 7900, Fall 2024
USU 1010 - University Connections, Fall 2024
TEAL 6300 - Workshop in Mathematics Education, Fall 2024
TEAL, TEPD 5300, 6300 - Workshop in Mathematics Education, Fall 2024
TEAL 7555 - Mathematics Education Current Issues and Policy, Summer 2024
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2023
ELED, ELED 4062, 4063 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2023
Graduate Students Mentored
Michelle Rich, Percy Canales, Emmanuel Onyegu, Michelle Oldroyd, Kent Hoffman, Andrew Cobb, Teacher Education & Leadership
Camille Lund, Teacher Education & Leadership, August 2024
Kimberly Beck, Teacher Education & Leadership, August 2023