Dewayne Frazier

Background

About Dewayne Frazier

Dr. DeWayne Frazier currently serves as the President/ Vice Chancellor of the American University of Nigeria. Serving as the CEO for the organization, Dr. Frazier lives in Yola, Nigeria and leads a dedicated team of faculty and staff. Dr. DeWayne Frazier served as the Provost for Iowa Wesleyan University. Dr. Frazier is known as an academic entrepreneur and his career is marked by enrollment growth through creative academic programming. Dr. Frazier’s portfolio included the Adult and Graduate Programs, library services, academic support, international education, Registrar Office, Office of Student Development, career services, community service & Service Learning office, campus ministries and the university academic divisions (Business, Education, Humanities, Nursing, and Sciences). Dr. Frazier served on the President’s Cabinet and is also a full professor in the Division of Business. He was the Chief Academic and Student Affairs Officer for the university. Under Frazier’s leadership, Wesleyan has increased international student enrollment by over 500%(18 to 107 students). Prior to serving at Iowa Wesleyan, Dr. Frazier was the associate vice president for academic affairs and dean of the Graduate School at Campbellsville University in Kentucky. At Campbellsville University, Dr. Frazier oversaw 17 different graduate programs across various discipline. Frazier was a part of the university senior leadership where he served on the President’s Executive Cabinet. The online program that Dr. Frazier helped foster and move forward now has enrollment of close to students. Dr. Frazier came to Campbellsville University after serving three years as the Senior Vice President for International Programs (SVP for IP) at Upper Iowa University (UIU) in Fayette, Iowa. Dr. Frazier was responsible for overseeing UIU’s academic extension centers located in foreign locations. Upper Iowa University with centers in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia. Under Dr. Frazier’s leadership, full-time student numbers at the international academic extension locations have increased from 399 to 831 over the past three years.