Rate My Professor Ryan Frazier

Ryan Frazier is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Weber State University, with additional appointments as Associate Professor of Geography and Earth & Environmental Sciences in the Environmental Science program and Associate Professor in the Northern Utah Geospatial Technology Education Program (NUGeoTec) within the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. in Forestry from the University of British Columbia (2016), a Master of Arts in Geographic Information Science from Clark University (2007), and a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from Clark University (2006). Frazier's teaching focuses on equipping students with skills in Geographic Information Science and Remote Sensing to create maps and visualizations that illustrate landscapes, patterns, and processes. At Weber State University, he teaches GEOG 2400/4400 Cartography and Map Design and GEO 3840 Remote Sensing: Principles and Methods. His previous courses at other institutions include Introduction to Geographic Information Science, Advanced Geographic Information Science, Geospatial Programming and Analysis Techniques, Geoinformatics Seminar Series, Science Writing and Research Portfolio Development, Geographic Information Technologies, and Cartography and Georepresentation.

Frazier's research leverages GIS and Remote Sensing to investigate ecosystems, with a specific emphasis on forests following wildfires, including disturbance monitoring and recovery dynamics using Landsat time series data. His contributions to the field are evidenced by key publications such as 'Analyzing spatial and temporal variability in short-term rates of post-fire vegetation return from Landsat time series' (Remote Sensing of Environment, 2018, Frazier, Coops, Wulder, Hermosilla, White); 'Boreal Shield forest disturbance and recovery trends using Landsat time series' (Remote Sensing of Environment, 2015, Frazier, Coops, Wulder); 'Characterization of aboveground biomass in an unmanaged boreal forest using Landsat temporal segmentation metrics' (ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2014, Frazier, Coops, Wulder, Kennedy); 'Forest recovery trends derived from Landsat time series for North American boreal forests' (International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2016, Pickell, Hermosilla, Frazier, Coops, Wulder); 'Land cover changes on temperate organic substrates over last 150 years: Evidence from the Czech Republic' (Biologia, 2019, Navrátilová, Havlícek, Navrátil, Frazier); and works on brownfield reuse and fen community dynamics in agricultural landscapes.