Russell M. Frazier, Ph.D. is a native of Orlando, Florida, the son of Patricia Nelson. Dr. Frazier is presently the Department Chair of Political Science and Sociology at Xavier University of Louisiana.
Previously, he served as the Special Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Director of Student Programs at Southern University and A & M College and as the Director of Residence Life and Education at Kentucky State University. Though an academic administrator, Dr. Frazier is a political scientist, who also teaches and leads research as an endowed tenured member of the faculty at Xavier University of Louisiana.
As a political scientist, Dr. Frazier’s research interests have included the econometric analysis of Louisiana’s policy impact on employment, the level of democratic authority in the federal administrative rulemaking process and the elements promoting effective policy implementation. He has published in the fields of political economy, public policy development and policy implementation. At Xavier University, he and other colleagues have also engaged a cooperative, Ochsner-Xavier Institute for Health Equity and Research Initiative, to develop and implement a coordinated strategy to address health inequities in Louisiana.
Throughout his career, he has labored tirelessly to enhance the number of underrepresented scholars pursuing advanced study in social science and the law. He has worked passionately to enhance diversity in the professoriate and the legal profession.
He has informally and formally served on a myriad of professional advisory panels, including effective pedagogy sections of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) national conference roundtable and previously serving on the Board of the New Orleans Court Appointed Special Advocates organization. He has received accolades and fellowships for mentorship and scholarship.
Dr. Frazier received his undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice and Masters of Public Administration from Kentucky State University, and the Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Arkansas. To these, were added a postdoctoral fellowship at Western Kentucky University.
