James Frazier, EdD, MFA is dean of the Florida State University College of Fine Arts and currently serves as secretary/president-elect of the International Council of Fine Arts Deans and as a board member of the American Dance Festival (ADF). Frazier formerly held the positions of interim dean of the School of the Arts, associate dean for graduate studies and faculty affairs of the School, and chair of the Department of Dance and Choreography at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a former secretary and past president of the Council of Dance Administrators, and previously held the positions of co-dean of the ADF and associate artistic director of the Dance Institute of Washington.