Dr. James Fraser

Visiting Scholar/Professor
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Dr. James Fraser is a Visiting Scholar/Professor at the University of Minnesota- Twin Cities in at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, and has a consulting presence around the United States on urban and environmental affairs. He was previously an Associate Professor in the Department of Human and Organizational Development in Peabody College and faculty in American Studies in Arts and Sciences, on the faculty at Duke University, and the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Department of Geography. Dr. Fraser’s areas of specialty include urban studies and environmental geography. In particular, his work focuses on urban restructuring and governance, housing and neighborhood redevelopment, human dimensions of environmental change, and social justice. His collaborative book project, A People’s Guide to Nashville, is under review with the University of California, and his other current book projects are entitled Social Mix & the City: the plight for social justice and The Making of the Precarious City. His work has been supported by multiple National Science Foundation awards, contracts with government agencies including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as well as foundations including the Ford, Annie E. Casey, and NeighborWorks America. Fraser has testified before the Unites States Congress on urban redevelopment and housing, and his research for FEMA has been used in legislative sessions to inform floodplain policymaking. His work can be found in a wide range of public and academic outlets, and he serves as a reviewer the National Science Foundation, as well as for numerous academic journals and university presses. For more information including downloads, see jamescfraser.com.