Terrell Frazier

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t.frazier@columbia.edu

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About

Terrell Frazier was the lead interviewer on the Obama Presidency Oral History from August 2019 to August 2022. He conducted interviews with 70 people on issues ranging from justice and regulatory policy to civic participation. His research interests include social movements, social networks, race and ethnicity, sexualities, and health determinants. Frazier has been at the forefront of using oral history as a tool for community engagement and social change, previously serving as the Director of Education and Outreach at Columbia University’s Center for Oral History. He is an editor of Documenting and Interpreting Conflict through Oral History.  Frazier has also led communications and research efforts at GLAAD, Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America, and Freedom to Marry. He is completing his Ph.D. in sociology at Columbia University, writing his dissertation on the network dynamics and strategic practices that structure the relationship between executive power and social movements—a critical nexus offering a new lens through which to examine American political development and the contemporary policymaking process.