Barbara Frazier (she/her)
Associate Professor College of Arts & Sciences Department of Social Sciences Providence
Biography
Professor Barbara 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. Frazier worked with local, state and federal agencies in forming task forces to combat child sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
Education
LPD, Northeastern University
Law and Policy
M.S., Salve Regina University
Administration of Justice
B.S., Roger Williams University
Administration of Justice
Academic Integrity Certification Series (2025-)
JWU
REAL Faculty Champion (2025-)
JWU
Universal Design for Learning (2025-)
JWU
Teaching Excellence Certification Program (2025-)
JWU
CITI Certification (2024-2027)
CITI
CITI Certification (2024-2027)
CITI
CITI Certification (2024-2027)
CITI
CITI Certification (2024-2027)
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)
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).