Trevor Fraser | Faculty Profiles

Recent Courses

Interpersonal Communication

Oral Communication In The Professional World

Public Speaking

Courses Previously Taught

Courses taught at various Universities and Colleges in the New York area:

Film Appreciation; Mass communication; Non-verbal communication; Television and Radio Production;Human communication;Interpersonal communication

Teaching Philosophy

"In The Now", Students should be able to take lessons from the classroom and apply it directly to life right outside the door in the real world. The lessons MUST therefore be practical and applicable immediately.

If I'm not having fun teaching it, students most likely are not having fun learning it.

Books

2014 comprehensive study: An Explorative Study of Students’ Perceptions of Professors of Color at Predominantly White Institutions (PWI’s)., published by: www.OERJ.org

Book Title: Demystification of Public Speaking, by T.L. Fraser

Publisher: Linus Learning

"Demystification of Public Speaking" is a new, modernized, textbook, which explores public speaking from a storied, historical and 21st century approach. The innovative and interactive appeal of the material makes doing speeches a delightful, fun-filled and fearless experience for all, and totally demystifies the fear of public speaking.

The 14 chapters allows students and readers to obtain new insights and innovative techniques on how speakers can utilize tools already in their possession to enhance listening, improve perception, quickly organize and prepare for speeches, understand the nuances and use of language to peak and sustain audience interest, discover conventional and unconventional methods of support and sharpen delivery skills.

The book contains two unique chapters, one dedicated to understanding and overcoming fear, and another chapter which explores the significance and marriage of speech and protest, giving birth to change, as noted in struggles for diversity, equity and equality by various groups, so uniquely a part of our collective history.

The exploratory theme driving the content of Demystification is how to successfully integrate current technology with communication, which the final chapter further explores in a discussion of AI.

Interactive videos and numerous links within each chapter, takes readers beyond the pages and into the visual and virtual world of speech making and viewing.

Each chapter of Demystification contains a summary, 3 exploratory, thought provoking discussion questions, and 7-9 probing, multiple choice questions that tests the reader's understanding of the chapter's content.

Demystification of Public Speaking does not read like a textbook, and might be one of the first textbooks students and readers may be able to read like they would a self-help, do-it-yourself book they may explore at a library or bookstore.

Book Title: Body Connection, Body, Mind, Spirit -2011, Rev 2014, Self Published, publisher - Xlibris. ISBN: Softcover- 978-1-4568-6881-9; Hardcover - 978-1-4568-6882-6; Ebook - 978-1-4568-6883-3,

Body Connection book web site

Articles

Community Outreach

International Food web site,

Professional Activities

Co-Chair/Chair, AU Faculty of Color Network, (FOCN), from 2021,

providing leadership and direction for over 90 full time and 200+ Adjunct faculty of color at 91国产, this includes chairing monthly meetings, helping to formulate ideas and produce programs and events beneficial to the network.

University Service

Co-Chair/Chair, AU Faculty of Color Network, (FOCN), from 2021,

Provide leadership and direction for over 90 full time and 200+ Adjunct faculty of color at 91国产, this includes chairing monthly meetings, helping to formulate ideas, produce programs and events beneficial to the network and help to foster an environment within the Au community, that will recognize, promote and advance the interests of faculty of color at AU.

Committee Member, CEHS (DEI), Diversity, Equity, Inclusion committee. Participate in monthly meetings, provide ideas, programs, events and policy directives for fostering social change, by reviewing the climate, recruitment and retention systems, curriculum, hiring, and professional development practices, so as to develop a more comnprehensive diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging plan within the College of Education and Health Sciences (CEHS).

Committee member, CSD (Communication Sciences & Disorders), ABIDE (Accessibility, Belonging, Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity) committee.

Address concerns, provide ideas, guidance and policy directives for CSD department and its students, in an effort to create positive social change, and contribute to a more diverse, equitable and inclusive profession.