- Nickname
- Frazier
- John Frazier is a renowned non-Western cultural expert who has consulted with the United Nations, UNICEF, Louvre Museum, Field Museum of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, Walt Disney Company, U.S. Department of Education and numerous universities. "Frazier" specializes in African, Oceanic and pre-Columbian arts and cultures, and in the entertainment industry serves as a cultural consultant to ensure accurate and sensitive depictions of non-Western cultures. Frazier has traveled the world working with disenfranchised populations and helping people educate their youth, including the Baka Pygmies of Central Africa, Ibo of Nigeria, Sudanese refugees in Chad and Kenya, Rwandan orphans in Kenya, Vodou practitioners in Haiti, rape survivors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mexican street artists. Professor Frazier's educational programs and curriculum, have served more than 1.5 million children, 65,000 teachers, and 15,000 refugees. Frazier and his curriculum have received numerous awards, including four American Museum Association excellence awards, three "Best Practices in Education" awards, three nominations for local educational Emmy's, Colonel Mitchell Wolfson, Sr. Endowed Teaching Chair, and curriculum-writing awards from the U.S. Department of Education, Illinois State Board of Education, United Nations, British Arts Council, etc.. Professor Frazier was also honored by the organization ratemyprofessors.com as being the #1 rated community college professor in the country for 2017-2018. Frazier challenges students to get involved in community and global issues as part of changemaking in the classroom. His recent article, "Creating a Generation of Humanitarian Art Activists (Artivists)" in Diversity and Democracy (winter 2017), explores how a collegiate education can empower students to change the world. For his contributions to humanity, former U.S. President Obama honored John Frazier with a Lifetime President's Volunteer Service Award in 2016.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Andre Ramirez
- People who tell you that you can't change the world have never tried.
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