{"id":1066,"date":"2019-04-22T14:22:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T20:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2019-04-22T14:38:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T20:38:06","slug":"professor-spotlight-amy-frazier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/22\/professor-spotlight-amy-frazier\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Spotlight: Amy Frazier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fraizer-1-of-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1068\" data-link=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/22\/professor-spotlight-amy-frazier\/fraizer-1-of-1\/#main\" class=\"wp-image-1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fraizer-1-of-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fraizer-1-of-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fraizer-1-of-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fraizer-1-of-1-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fraizer-1-of-1-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fraizer-1-of-1-380x254.jpg 380w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fraizer-1-of-1-285x190.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Lecturer III and instructor in Language and Writing Studies, Amy Frasier<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/prof-spot-0422.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Lecturer III and instructor in Language and Writing Studies, Amy Frazier, has been an instructor at UTRGV for 25 years. Prior to that, she taught at the secondary level for seven years at Porter High School in Brownsville, Texas. Frazier tells UTRGV Radio when she was younger, being a teacher was the last thing on her mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote]\u201cWhen I was a junior in high school and we were having lunch one day, my mother and I remember we were eating hamburgers and french-fries, and she was saying \u2018I want you to be a teacher, I want you to be a teacher when you grow up,\u2019 and I almost choked on the hamburger.\u201d[\/su_quote]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before majoring in education, Frazier worked as a full time disc jockey at several radio stations, but realized that it was not for her. A colleague then gave her the idea to go back to graduate with her masters in English. Soon after, she applied to UT-Brownsville at the time has taught at the campus ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote]\u201cYears have gone by so fast. So fast. It\u2019s like I\u2019ve gone, I\u2019ve taught several generations of students, and we\u2019ve gone through so much technology.\u201d[\/su_quote]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frazier explains that over the past 5-7 years, students have been clinically diagnosed with depression, anxiety and mental illnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote]\u201c\u2026and how do I know? Because I read it in their essays, I\u2019m not asking them, but I think they are crying out for help. 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