James c. Fraser

 

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COMMUNITY SERVICE 

 

In addition to the positions listed below, I have consistently worked with numerous neighborhood 

associations and public housing resident groups in the capacity of housing policy expert, as well as 

facilitating community-led research projects since my arrival at Vanderbilt University in 2007. Since 

these are numerous and intermittent I do not list them. Likewise, I provide policy consultation to metro 

government on a regular basis.  

 

Current 

Board Member, Open Table Nashville (homeless advocacy and service organization) 

Member, A Voice (for the reduction of poverty) (advocacy organization) 

Consultant, Nashville Organized for Action & Hope (advocacy organization for social equality) 

Advisory Committee Member, Metropolitan Development Housing Agency, Nashville, TN 

 

Past 

2013-2015 

Board Chair, Urban Green Lab (environmental education organization) 

2010-2017 

Consultant for the People’s Movement in Over-The-Rhine, Cincinnati, OH. 

2008-2012 

Committee member for the Mayor of Nashville’s poverty reduction initiative 

 

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SERVICE 

 

2017-2018 

Committee Chair, Departmental Curriculum Committee 

Committee Member, Peabody College Curriculum Committee 

Faculty Advisor, Honor’s Council (university-wide) 

Advisory Board, American Studies Program in the College of Arts & Sciences 

Steering Committee Member, Environmental Studies Minor (university-wide) 

Faculty Advisor, Queer ED (Graduate student queer group, Peabody College) 

Faculty Advisor, Crucial Conversations (Student group for racial awareness and justice, Peabody College) 

 

Since arriving at Vanderbilt University in 2007, I have consistently served on departmental, college, and 

university-wide committees in both the capacity of chair and member and have been a Vanderbilt 

University first year mentor (VUceptor Program). For a complete listing of these, please contact me. 

 

ACADEMIC CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2018). The Politics of Property & Inclusionary Zoning in Nashville. Paper presented at the 

Urban Affairs Association annual meeting, Toronto, ON, CA. 

 

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

annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2016). Theorizing Housing. Panel member at the Urban Affairs Association annual meeting, 

Minneapolis, MN. 

 

Oakley, D. A., & Fraser, J. C. (2016). Mapping Neighborhoods of Opportunity for Low-Income Households 

in an Era of Affordable Housing Crisis: Atlanta & Nashville. Paper presented at the Race, Ethnicity, & 

Place conference, Kent State University, Kent, OH. 

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Oakley, D. A., & Fraser, J. C. (2016). U.S. Public Housing Transformations and the Housing Publics Lost in 

in Transition. Paper presented at the Department of Sociology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. 

 

Fraser, J. C., & Hankins, K. (2016). Beyond Gentrification: Revealing the Spatial Multiplicity of Urban 

Neighborhood Development. Paper presented at the American Association of Geographer’s annual 

meeting, San Francisco, CA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2015). The Construction of Place and Displacement Through Mixed-Income Development. 

Paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association annual meeting, Miami, FL.  

 

Fraser, J. C. (2015). Mixed-Income Housing Ideology and Urban Redevelopment: Over-The-Rhine, 

Cincinnati. Paper presented at the American Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, Chicago, IL. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2014). Landscapes of Desire: the effect of private neighborhood governance on 

environmental decision-making. Paper presented at the American Association of Geographer’s annual 

meeting, Tampa, FL. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2014). The Struggle for Belonging in Public Housing: The right to stay put is not enough. 

Paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association annual meeting, San Antonio, TX. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2013). Housing Policy in the Age of Obama. Paper presented at the Urban Affairs 

Association annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2013). Injustice and Resistance in the Neuse River Waterscape of Kinston, North Carolina. 

Paper presented at the Dimension of Political Ecology annual conference, Lexington, KY. 

 

Fraser, J. C., & Kurtz, L. (2012). Narrating the Neighborhood for Development: a story of locality in 

Nashville. Paper presented at the American Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, New York, NY. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2012). New Organizing: Constraints, Opportunities, & Contestation in Local and Regional 

Organizing. Discussant at the American Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, New York, NY. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2012). The Paradox of Nonprofit Housing Development. Paper presented at the American 

Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, New York, NY. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2012). The Onset & Aftermath of HOPE VI: The experiences of public housing residents and 

researchers. Presider, Discussant, & paper presented at the Urban Affairs Association annual meeting, 

Pittsburgh, PA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2012). The Role of Philanthropy in Urban Policy Making. Roundtable member at the Urban 

Affairs Association annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2012). Community-Based Organizations. Roundtable member at the Urban Affairs 

Association annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2012). Managing Multiple Grants. Paper presented at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. 

 

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Fraser, J. C., Carrico, A., & Bazuin, J. (2011). The use of spatialized social networks to analyze 

neighborhood influences on household decision-making around yard care. Paper presented at the 

American Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, Seattle, WA. 

 

Carrico, A., Fraser, J. C., & Bazuin, J. (2011). Exploring the Factors that Shape Household Lawns. Paper 

presented at the American Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, Seattle, WA. 

 

Fraser, J. C., Bazuin, J. & Carrico, A. (2011). The Construction of Neighborhood Community and Its Effects 

on Lawn Fertilization Rates. Paper presented at the American Association of Geographer’s annual 

meeting, Seattle, WA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2011). The Role of supportive Services at Reoccupied HOPE VI Sites. Paper presented at the 

Urban Affairs annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. 

 

Fraser, J.C. (2010). Uneven Redevelopment and the (Re)Construction of Citizenship Through Community. 

Paper presented at the American Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, Washington, D.C. 

  

Fraser, J. C. (2010). The Ghost of the Projects: the specter of historically dysfunctional public housing in 

HOPE VI redevelopment. Paper presented at the American Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, 

Washington, D.C. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2009). The Transformation of Public Housing & the Redevelopment of Low-Income 

Citizenship. Paper presented at the American Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, Las Vegas, 

NV. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2009). The Contours of Mixed-Income Living in the Music City. Paper presented at the Urban 

Affairs Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2009). Factors Influencing Acceptance of FEMA Mitigation Offers Among Repetitive Loss 

Victims. Paper presented at the Southern Sociological Society annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2008). Planning & the Just City. Panel member at the American Association of geographer’s 

annual meeting, Boston, MA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2007). Cartographies of Difference: Mapping Urban Space. Paper presented at the 

Association of American Anthropologist’s annual meeting, Washington, D.C. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2007). The Significance of Community for Rural & Urban Floodplain Management. Paper 

presented at the North Carolina Environmental Justice Summit, Whitakers, NC. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2007). The Use of Urban Livability Discourse in Efforts to Revitalize Cities. Paper presented 

at the American Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2007). Catch Me if You Can: Urban Governance as Open System. Paper presented at the 

American Association of geographer’s annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2007). Creating Geographies of Hope and Decline. Paper presented at the Urban Affairs 

Association annual meeting, Seattle, WA. 

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Fraser, J. C. (2007). Specters of Kerouac: the significance of socio-spatial imaginaries for urban 

transformation. Paper presented at the Southern Sociological Society’s annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2006). Mitigating Repetitive Loss Properties: the significance of local community & 

community-based approaches. Paper presented at the North Carolina Emergency Management Agency, 

Raleigh, NC. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2006). Mixed-Income Housing & the Reproduction of Inequality. Paper presented at the 

American Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, Chicago, IL. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2006). The Power and Fragility of Spatial Narratives for Urban Revitalization. Paper 

presented at the American Association of geographer’s annual meeting, Chicago, IL. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2006). Studying Up in a Globalizing World? Ethical Dilemmas and Beyond. Paper presented 

at the Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies annual conference, Athens, GA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2006). Mixed-Income Housing& Urban Revitalization. Paper presented at the Southern 

Sociological Society annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2006). Determining the Effects of Neighborhood Revitalization on Cities. Paper presented at 

the Southern Sociological Society annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2005). Examining Neighborhood Revitalization & Crime: Using Cluster Detection Techniques 

to Analyze Shifts in Crime Patterns. Paper presented at the Southeast Division of the American 

Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, West Palm Beach, FL. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2005). The Role of Building Collaboration, Community, and Self-Evaluation Strategies in 

Mixed-Income/Mixed-Race Developments. Paper presented at the North Carolina Chapter of the 

American Society of Landscape Architects annual meeting, Asheville, NC. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2005). The Unevenness of Neoliberal Urban Revitalization Initiatives. Paper presented at the 

Society for the Study of Social Problems annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2005). How to Build a Research Center. Paper presented at Middle Tennessee State 

University, Murfreesboro, TN. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2005). Building sustainable Mixed-Income Communities. Paper presented at the Association 

for Public Policy and Management annual conference, Washington, D.C. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2005). Internal Migration of Floodplain Populations in Four Riverine U.S. Cities. Paper 

presented at the Population Association of America annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2005). Narratives on Neighborhood Transformation. Paper presented at the Southern 

Sociological Society annual meeting, Charlotte, NC. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2005). Trespass the Performance: Authoring Democratic Spaces for Citizenship in the City. 

Paper presented at the American Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, Denver, CO. 

 

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Fraser, J. C. (2004). The Politics of Governance and Space in Urban Floodplain Mitigation. Paper 

presented at the Association of Pacific Geographer’s annual meeting, San Luis Obispo, CA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2004). Small Cities, Urban Revitalization, & Re-Thinking Scalar Relations. Paper presented at 

the American Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2003). Urban Revitalization and the Struggle Over Space. Paper presented at the 

Association of Pacific Geographer’s annual meeting, Portland, OR. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2003). Urban Revitalization, Building Community, & Cultural Displacement. Paper presented 

at the Society for the Study of Social Problems annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2003). Developing a Theory of Community Building. Paper presented at the American 

Sociological Association annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2003). Re-Spatialized Communities: Planning, Race, & Citizenship. Paper presented at the 

American Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2003). Discursive Displacement in Community-Building. Paper presented at the American 

Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2002). Opening Up the Meaning of Community. Paper presented at the Southeastern 

Division of the American Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, Richmond, VA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2002). Linking Housing & Self-Sufficiency Services: An Assessment of the North Carolina 

TANF/Housing Program. Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning annual 

conference, Baltimore, MD. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2002). Housing Assistance & Economic Self-Sufficiency. Paper presented at the Association 

for Public Policy and Management’s annual meeting, Dallas, TX. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2002). Mapping the Material & Discursive Practices of Community Building. Paper 

presented at the Southern Sociological Society annual meeting, Baltimore, MD. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2001). Flexible Citizenship: Making Claims on Urban Space. Paper presented at the 

Southeastern Division of the American Association of Geographer’s annual meeting, Lexington, KY. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2001). Neighborhood Revitalization & the Practice of Evaluation. Paper presented at the 

Applied Sociology Association annual conference, Kansas City, MS. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2001). Homeownership & Its Impact on Neighborhood Revitalization. Paper presented at 

the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NeighborWorks) annual conference, Chicago, IL. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2001). Global Imperatives, Organizational Culture, & Organizational Commitment. Paper 

presented at the Southern Sociological Society annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2001). Whose Agenda Permeates Community Revitalization Activities? Paper presented at 

the Pacific sociological Association annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. 

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Fraser, J. C. (2001). City Poverty & Social Policies. Paper presented at the International Sociological 

Association annual meeting, Amsterdam, Holland. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (2001). Organizational Culture, Worker Perceptions, & Job Satisfaction. Paper presented at 

the Mid-South sociological Association annual meeting, Knoxville, TN. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1999). Cultural Politics & Community Development: The chasm of perceptions between local 

elites and community residents. Paper presented at the Southern Sociological Society annual meeting, 

New Orleans, LA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1999). Developing Capacity in Neighborhoods to Conduct Research. Paper presented at the 

Mid-South Sociological Association annual meeting, Jackson, MS. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1999). The Use of Culture in Community Development Strategies. Paper presented at the 

Applied Sociology Association annual meeting, Dallas, TX. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1999). The Interpretive Repertoires of Whites on Race-Targeted Policies. Paper presented at 

the Southern Sociological Association annual meeting, Nashville, TN. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1998). Developing Connections Between the Meaning of Community Revitalization, Public 

Participation, Organizational Culture, & Community Outcomes. Paper presented at the Mid-South 

sociological Association annual meeting, Knoxville, TN. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1998). Building Bridges with the Community. Paper presented at the Applied Sociology 

Association annual meeting, Denver, CO. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1998). Support for Affirmative Action, Race- & Income-Targeted Policies. Paper presented at 

the American Sociological Association annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1997). Locus of Control, Self-Esteem & Status Attainment. Paper presented at the American 

sociological Association annual meeting, Toronto, ON, CA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1997). The Mobilization of Culture in Mass Media. Paper presented at the Pacific 

Sociological Association annual meeting, San Diego, CA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1996). Methadone Clinic Culture & the Everyday Realities of Women. Paper presented at the 

Applied Sociology Association annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1996). Gender Differences in Sado-Masochistic Preferences of College Students. Paper 

presented at the American Sociological Association annual meeting, New York, NY. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1996). Conceptualizing Organizational Diversity. Paper presented at the Southern 

sociological society annual meeting, Richmond, VA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1996). Analyzing Corporate Culture. Paper presented at the Southern Sociological Society 

annual meeting, Richmond, VA. 

 

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Fraser, J. C. (1995). The Production of Cultural Images. Paper presented at the Southern Sociological 

Society annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1995). Survival Strategies of Women in Methadone Treatment. Paper presented at Georgia 

State University, Atlanta, GA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1994). Valuing Diversity in the Workplace. Paper presented at the Morehouse Research 

Institute annual conference, Atlanta, GA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1994). Identity Work Among Alternative High School Students. Paper presented at the 

Society for the Study of Social Problems annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1994). Some Considerations of Role Acquisition for Critical Populations: The precarious role 

of methadone clients. Paper presented at the Southern Sociological Society annual meeting, Raleigh, NC. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1993). Alternative High School Students & Stigmatization. Paper presented at the American 

Sociological Association annual meeting, Miami, FL. 

 

Fraser, J. C. (1993). Managing a Spoiled Student Identity. Paper presented at the Humanist Sociology 

annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. 

 

REFERENCES 

 

References furnished upon request.