Dr. Tim Frazier
Dr. Tim Frazier is a full Professor and Faculty Director of the Emergency and Disaster Management Program at Georgetown University.
Dr. Frazier holds a Bachelor of t Arts degree in Geography from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and a Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Geography from Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. Frazier’s doctoral degree specialization is in Human/Environment Interaction focusing on research concerning the resilience of marginalized populations to climate change and natural hazards. His research uses GIS-based climate modeling, spatial analysis, and other quantitative approaches to determine global and environmental change and then qualitative methodologies (primarily stakeholder engagement) to explore the impacts of these on risk, societal vulnerability, community resilience and adaptation, primarily from a socioeconomic perspective.
He is considered a coastal hazards expert and is a leading researcher on the impact of a sea level rise on the physical and socioeconomic vulnerability and resilience of coastal communities. Dr. Frazier is also considered an expert on resilience, and risk assessment, and a leading researcher on the use of GIS technology and spatial analysis for hazard mitigation planning and climate change adaptation.
The primary focus of Dr. Frazier’s research is to help communities increase their resilience to natural hazards and climate change through the development of science and policies that are socially and environmentally just.
