Barbara L Frazier (she/her)
Associate Professor College of Arts & Sciences Department of Social Sciences Providence
Biography
Professor Frazier worked in the patrol, community policing and detective divisions of the Warwick, RI police department for 20 years. Her skills include interviewing victims, witnesses and suspects as well as crime scene and physical evidence processing. Professor Frazier worked with local, state and federal agencies in forming task forces to combat child sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
Education
LPD – Doctor of Law and Policy, Northeastern University
Law and Policy
MS, Salve Regina University
Administration of Justice
BS, Roger Williams University
Administration of Justice
Academic Integrity Certification Series
JWU
REAL Faculty Champion
JWU
Universal Design for Learning
JWU
Teaching Excellence Certification Program
JWU
CITI Certification
CITI
CITI Certification
CITI
CITI Certification
CITI
CITI Certification
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative
“Innovative Projects from the College of Arts and Sciences.” Frazier, B. (June, 2026)
https://www.jwu.edu/news/2026/06/innovative-projects-from-the-college-of-arts-and-sciences-this-spring.html
“JWU Criminal Justice Program Brings RI Police Training to Campus.” Frazier, B. (June 8, 2026)
https://www.jwu.edu/news/2026/06/jwu-criminal-justice-program-brings-rhode-island-police-training-to-campus.html?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social
“Johnson & Wales University Offers Free Cybersecurity Training to Law Enforcement Officers.” Frazier, B. (November 22, 2024)
https://turnto10.com/news/local/johnson-wales-university-offers-free-cybersecurity-training-to-law-enforcement-officers-new-england-cyber-criminals-network-justice-professor-nov-22-2024
“Serving and Protecting: RI Police Learn CSI Skills at JWU.” Frazier, B. (November 9, 2023)
https://www.jwu.edu/news/2023/11/basic-investigator-training.html
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Rhode Island Criminalists Association
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
New England Division International Association for Identification
Rhode Island Criminalists Association
New England Division International Association for Identification
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Rhode Island Criminalists Association
Rhode Island Criminalists Association
Rhode Island Criminalists Association
Rhode Island Criminalists Association
Basic Investigator Training Course, “Various Crimes Scene and Investigator Topics,” JWU, Rhode Island Chiefs of Police, Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy, Providence. (2024).
General Business Meeting, “Mobile Forensics in Criminal Justice,” Free and Accepted Masons, Jencks Lodge, Riverside. (November 25, 2024).
General Business Meeting, “Forensic Superheroes,” National Sojourners Narragansett Bay Chapter #14, East Providence, RI, United States. (April 2, 2024).
General Business Meeting, “Examining Physical Evidence in the Idaho College Murder Case,” National Sojourners Narragansett Bay Chapter #14, East Providence, RI, United States. (May, 2023).