John W. Frazier,
Professor
Room 212A,Student Wing
Phone : (607)-777-6179
Email : frazier@binghamton.edu

 

  • Education: Ph.D., Kent State University, 1976

  • Distinguished Designations:
    • National Councilor, American Geographical Society
    • Director, Binghamton University GIS Core Facility
    • Founder and Co-Director, "Race/Ethnicity and Place" Conferences

  • Teaching specialties:
    • Urban Geography
    • Multicultural Geography
    • Research and Writing

  • Research interests:
    • Applied Geography
    • Race/Ethnicity Studies

  • Recent Projects/Research Undertaken:
    • Aging populations of Broome County, NY
    • Changing racial/ethnic patterns in Binghamton, NY and Allentown, PA
    • Asian geographies/Black geographies/Foreign-born migration in the U.S.

  • Recent Grants and Contracts :
    • 2004-2006 Received funding for three graduate students in GIS Core Facility from a number of sources,
      including anthropologist, Randy McGuire’s, and political scientist, Davis Cingranelli’s NSF grants(approximately $23,000).

    • 2004-2005 “Crime Analysis Mapping Project” for Broome County, NY under State of NY Grant to Selected Communities,
      $23,000(with K. Heard, GIS CoreFacility and Luke Willis, Geography Department.)

    • 2004-2005 “ An Analysis of the Locations and Budget Impacts of Binghamton University Students on Broome County, New York,”
      $20,000, Vice President for Finance andTransportation Committee. (with Mark Reisinger, Geography Department)
      (Although not shown below, I have conducted this type of analysis on a funded basis several times since 1978).

    • 2004-2005 External funding for GIS Core Facility for GIS-based “Broome Count Atlas Project’ and internal funding for a
      scholarship-internship for Geography major, James DeVona (total $10,500).

    • 2002-04 “ Aging Futures in Broome County, New York,” (with Lucius Willis), $20,000
      (One of 12 national grants for community partnerships on aging analysis,ours is part of a larger grant awarded to Broome County, N. Y.).

  • Recognition and Awards:
    • 2006 Binghamton University EOP Faculty Award for Support of EOP Programs and Principles
    • 2005 Elected to Ethnic Geography Specialty Group Board of Directors
    • 2003 National Councillor, American Geographical Society
    • 2002 National Academy of Sciences Committee Appointment
    • 1994 Anderson Medal for Career Distinction in Applied Geography (AAG)

  • Recent Publications:
    • Race, Ethnicity and Place in a Changing America, (editor, with E. L. Tettey-Fio), Binghamton, NY: Global Academic Publishing, 2006.
      (I am the author or co-author of five chapters and the senior editor.)

    • The New South in Perspective: Observations and Commentary, in H. A. Smith and O. J. Furuseth, Latinos and the Transformation of the South,
      (with M.E. Reisinger. 2006. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Press, pp. 257-283.

    • Licensing Geographic Data and Services, Washington, D. C.: National Research Council, 2004.
      (I am one of a number of contributors from the National research Council’s LGDS Committe and the
      book was not published by chapter authors)

    • "A Perspective on 20th Century North American Applied Geography". in International Applied Geography, L. Gibson and A. Bailly, editors. (forthcoming, 2004).

    • Multicultural Geographies: The Changing Racial/Ethnic Patterns of the United States, with F.M. Margai. Binghamton, NY: Global Academic Publishing, 2003.
      (I am the co-editor of the volume and author or co-author of 5 chapters.)

    • Race and Place: Equity Issues in Urban America. (with F.M. Margai and E. L. Tettey-fio), Westview Press, 2003.