He received his Ph.D. from UCLA, and his B.ARCH. and M.ARCH. from the University of Arizona. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer, an ORS Scholar with Edinburgh University, and the recipient of three Senior Fulbright Scholar Awards. Dr. Frederickson has taught and practiced architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design in a range of cultural, environmental, and professional contexts in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. He is also the director of the Tejido Group, an international and interdisciplinary community outreach design and planning program at the University of Arizona.