Camille Frazier

Education Background

Anthropology Ph.D. - University of California, Los Angeles
Anthropology M.A. - University of California, Los Angeles
Anthropology B.A. - Scripps College, with Honors

Research Interests

My research is concerned with the concept of livability as a sociopolitical, ecological, and ethical category. I am particularly interested in how changing food networks figure as sites for diverse evaluations of wellbeing. My current book project examines these themes in the context of Bengaluru (Bangalore), India. As the heart of India’s booming information technology industry, Bengaluru offers insight into how shifting global economies and rapid urban development affect regional food networks. I explore these shifts to capture the changing meanings and practices of livability. Whether debating the arrival of yet another transnational restaurant chain, or denouncing farmers' use of urban wastewater to irrigate crops, Bengaluru residents' engagements with shifting food networks reflect and produce an ambivalence about urban transformation, who benefits, and what might be lost in the meantime. 

Awards

• Clarkson University Outstanding New Teacher Award (2020)
• City and Society Best Paper Award (2019)
• Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA (2017)
• Society for Urban, National, and Transnational/Global Anthropology (SUNTA) Graduate Paper Prize (2016)
• Charles E. and Sue K. Young Graduate Student Award for exemplary academic achievement, research, and service to the campus and community, UCLA (2016)
• Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education (2014)
• Language Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education, to attend American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Kannada Language Program (2014)
• International Institute Fieldwork Fellowship, UCLA (2014)
• Asia Institute Graduate Fellowship Award, UCLA (2014)
• American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Hindi Summer Language Program Fellowship (2012)

Publications