

Her research focuses on strengthening regional security cooperation and economic and political integration in Africa. She was also an Assistant Professor at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and the Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver. She was a Distinguished Public Service Professor at Carnegie Mellon University from 2009 to 2014, where she was on the faculty of Heinz College’s School of Public Policy and Management. She previously served in government from 1998 to 1999 as a CFR International Affairs Fellow, first at the Pentagon as a political-military planner with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, working on West Africa during Nigeria’s transition to civilian rule, and then as Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council, working on Central and East Africa. She was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council from 2001 until her swearing-in as the first woman U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs from 2005 to 2009. Frazer, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs led an online discussion regarding what events in Liberia mean to the advancement of. Over three decades of academic research, teaching and public service, she has worked on international development, regional security and governance in Africa. Bush administration, has joined the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University. Frazer is known worldwide as a leading expert on African Affairs specializing in the areas of international development and international and regional security. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the George W. Frazer is the Duignan Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution Stanford University, and Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Former US Envoy to Africa Jendayi Frazer Joins Faculty at Carnegie Mellon.
