
Frazier Benya
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About me
Senior Program Officer at The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Education

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
2005 - 2012Ph.D. History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
2009 - 2011MA Bioethics
University of Puget Sound
2001 - 2005BA with Honors Science, Technology, and Society
Experience

University of Minnesota
Jan 2005 - Jan 2008Teaching Assistant
Minneapolis Rowing Club
May 2007 - Oct 2007Head Coach for Junior Women Rowing TeamCoached around 30 teenage athletes; organized, led, and conducted the program on beginning rowing and for experienced rowers; communicated and collaborated with parents and board of directors; coordinated and managed international travel for competition.

University of Minnesota
Jul 2008 - Sept 2011The project I worked on was EthicShare.org. It's a website focused on bioethics which pulls together materials and resources in bioethics and puts them in one place, as well as providing a place for collaboration on issues in bioethics. My job involved researching what materials to include on the site, working on marketing of the website, assisting in the design of the usability interface, compiling lists of bioethics materials based on topics, and crafting search strategies for pulling in bioethics materials. Show less
Research Assistant for History of Chronobiology Project
Jan 2011 - Sept 2011Research Assistant for EthicShare.org Project
Jul 2008 - Jan 2011

Arizona State University
May 2011 - May 2011History and Philosophy of Science Informatics Workshop Fellow
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Oct 2011 - nowDirector of the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education, and Study Director for the 2018 report "Sexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and Consequences in Academic Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine." Working with the Center for Engineering Ethics and Society and also with the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
Senior Program Officer
Aug 2018 - nowProgram Officer
Oct 2011 - Aug 2018
Licenses & Certifications
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Initiating and Planning Projects
University of California, Irvine Division of Continuing EducationJan 2017 - View certificate

Learning Microsoft Project
LinkedInNov 2025 - View certificate

Agile Foundations
LinkedInNov 2025
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Frazier BenyaImpact Award National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - Division on Policy and Global Affairs Dec 2022 For exemplary efforts resulting in significant impact.
- Awarded to Frazier BenyaPolicy Change Award National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - Division on Policy and Global Affairs Dec 2019 For exemplary efforts resulting in policy change based on the work of the National Academies.
- Awarded to Frazier BenyaCommunications Impact Award National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Dec 2018 For exemplary outreach efforts that successfully communicate the work of the National Academies toaudiences in ways that lead to impact.
- Awarded to Frazier BenyaElected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science Feb 2018 Awarded by the AAAS Council to those whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished. In a tradition stretching back to 1874, fellows are recognized for their extraordinary achievements across disciplines.
- Awarded to Frazier BenyaConsortium on Law and Values Dissertation Research Fellowship University of Minnesota 2010
- Awarded to Frazier BenyaThesis Research Grant University of Minnesota 2010
- Awarded to Frazier BenyaEdward T. Layton Teaching Award for Graduate Students University of Minnesota History of Science and Technology Program May 2008
- Awarded to Frazier BenyaHistory of Science and Technology Summer Research Fellowship University of Minnesota History of Science and Technology Program May 2008
- Awarded to Frazier BenyaRichard Bangs Collier Scholarship for Interdisciplinary Work University of Puget Sound 2004
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