Dr. James Fraser serves as an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator at Virginia State University. His work on housing, urban development, and environmental risk has produced reports, policy briefs, and public presentations, in addition to scholarly publications.

His scholarly articles and reports have been used to guide the development of programs and policies, including providing testimony to the U.S. Congress on housing and urban development, and contributing to rule-making processes for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Before his tenure at Virginia State, Dr. Fraser served in various academic roles across different fields, including Public Policy at Duke University, American Studies and Community Development at Vanderbilt University, and Geography and City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina.