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Radio. Retrieved from 

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GRANTS, CONTRACTS & AWARDS 

 

2017  Co-Principal Investigator – The Effects of Airbnb Short-Term Rentals on Housing Markets in 

Nashville, TN. (Airbnb, $12,000) 

 

2016  Principal Investigator – Affordable Housing Policies for Elderly with Disabilities (NeighborWorks 

America, $40,000). 

 

2016  Consultant - Housing Policy and Inclusionary Zoning Feasibility Study for Nashville, Tennessee. 

 

2012- 

2017 

Co-Principal Investigator – Climate, Drought, and Agricultural Adaptations: An Investigation of 

Vulnerabilities and Responses to Water Stress Among Paddy Farmers in Sri Lanka Climate 

(Funded: National Science Foundation, $3,722,560). 

 

 

 

2010- 

2013 

Co-Principal Investigator – Gasses and Grasses: Modeling Human Dynamics of Lawn 

Fertilization and Resultant Nitrous Oxide Emissions (Funded: National Science Foundation, 

$497,081). 

 

2007- 

2008 

Principal Investigator – The Benefits of Mixed-Income Living: Intentions, Realities and 

Challenges (Funded: Vanderbilt Center for Nashville Studies $40,000). 

 

2007- 

2009 

Principal Investigator – Exploring the Determinants of Household Environmental Behavior: A Socio-

Spatial Analysis of Lawn Care Practices (Funded: National Science Foundation, $734,506). 

 

2005- 

2007 

Co-Principal Investigator - Emergency Preparedness in Disadvantaged Communities Project 

(Funded: Federal Emergency Management Agency with MDC Inc., $1.5 Million). 

 

2004- 

2007 

Principal Investigator – The Importance of Place Identity in Understanding People’s Decision- 

Making: A study of repetitive loss properties in urban floodplains (Funded: URS and Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, $169,000). 

 

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2004- 

2007 

Lead Co-Principal Investigator - Mixed-Income Housing, Poverty Alleviation, and Urban 

Revitalization: A study of the Few Gardens Hope VI Initiative in Durham, North Carolina 

(Funded: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, $200,000). 

 

2002- 

2004 

Principal Investigator - Urban Crime and Youth (Funded: North Carolina Governor’s Crime 

Commission, $190,000). 

 

2002- 

2003 

Principal Investigator - Globalization and the New South City (Funded: Center for the Study of 

the American South at the University of North Carolina, $4,500). 

 

2002- 

2004 

Principal Investigator - Making Connections Research Continuation Grant (Funded: Annie E. 

Casey Foundation $20,000). 

 

2002- 

2004 

Lead Investigator - Land Acquisition Programs and Community Development in the Floodplains 

(Funded: Federal Emergency Management Agency, $90,000). 

 

2001- 

2003 

Principal Investigator - Making Connections Neighborhood Revitalization Research Grant 

(Funded: Annie E. Casey Foundation, $146,000). 

 

2001- 

2003 

Lead Co-Principal Investigator - Relocation and Decision Making of Natural Disaster Victims: A 

Study of Community Influences (Funded: National Science Foundation, $95,000). 

2000- 

2002 

Co-Principal Investigator - Evaluating the North Carolina TANF-Housing Pilot Program in Eight 

Cities (Funded: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, $29,671). 

 

1999- 

2001 

Principal Investigator - Community Reinvestment Grant (Funded: Chattanooga Neighborhood 

Enterprise, $35,000). 

 

1999- 

2000 

Principal Investigator - Community Impact Fund Project (Funded: Lyndhurst Foundation, 

$93,000). 

 

1998- 

1999 

Principal Investigator - CECA Grant (Funded: UT at Chattanooga, $100,000). 

 

1997- 

1999 

Principal Investigator - Jobs-Plus Initiative Contract (Funded: Manpower Demonstration and 

Research Corporation, $41,000). 

 

PRESENTATIONS 

Congressional Testimony 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2009, July 29). Academic Perspectives on the Future of Public Housing. Paper presentation 

to the United States Congressional Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 

Washington, D. C.  

 

Invited Presentations 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2017, November). The Making of the Precarious City. Paper presented at the Urban Studies 

Institute at Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. 

 

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