She is a licensed and registered architect and certified interior designer in the USA with over 20 years of professional experience in the design and construction industry prior to becoming a full-time academic. Frasier has held faculty positions at The New York School of Interior Design and the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City. She is the author of numerous theoretical and applied papers on architecture and design pedagogy and sustainable consumption in urban developments. Frasier studied architecture at the City College of New York where she also earned her Master of Urban Planning degree.