Clarkson University Assistant Professor of Anthropology Camille Frazier has received the Outstanding New Teacher award for 2020.
Established by the University Committee on Improvement in Teaching in 1991, the award recognizes an outstanding teacher within his or her first four years at the university. Criteria for selection include excellence in the classroom, capacity to motivate and challenge students and creativity in teaching methods and curriculum development.
The award nomination of Frazier noted that she had “demonstrated an outstanding ability as a teacher since starting, teaching both undergraduate and graduate students” and that “student comments make it clear that her approach and presence in the classroom is both effective and engaging.”
It went on to say that “she has shown great commitment to her students, to her course design, and to innovative approaches in teaching both the Clarkson seminar and anthropology courses.” Her course related to food was described as interdisciplinary and innovative with a course on environmental anthropology reflecting the same characteristics.
Frazier, who joined the University in 2018, focuses her research on India, concentrating primarily on urban development, changing food networks and ecologies, and perceptions of health and contamination in a rapidly developing city. She speaks Kannada and spent almost two years in India conducting fieldwork.
She is a recipient of several fellowships, including a 2014 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship and a 2014 U.S. Department of Education Language Fellowship.
Frazier received both her master of arts and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and her bachelor of arts degree from Scripps College.
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