James Earl Davis

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JAMES EARL DAVIS

College of Education

433 Ritter Hall Annex

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA 19122

(215) 204-3002

Ph.D. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Social Policy and Evaluation (National Science Foundation and

Graduate School Fellow)

B.A. Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, Sociology(Phi Beta Kappa) with Department Honors

Professional Experience

2104 -Bernard C. Watson Endowed Chair in Urban Education

2013-presentProfessor, Higher Education and Educational Leadership; Coordinator, Higher Education Program; Secondary Faculty Appointments:Department of African American Studies and Women and Gender Studies Program

2010-2013Interim Dean and Professor of Higher Education and Educational Leadership, College of Education

2010Chair, Department of Educational Leadership andPolicy Studies

2006-2010Professorand Special Assistant to the Dean of the College of Education

Secondary Faculty Appointments:Department of African American Studies and Women and Gender Studies Program

2004-2006Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs and Professor, College of Education

2000-2004 Associate Professorof Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

1998 - 1999Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Institute for Research on Women and Gender

1988 – 2000Assistant, Associate Professor, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, School of Education

Director:South Africa Study Abroad Program, University of Delaware

1995-presentSenior Research Associate, National Center on Fathers and Families, University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, Philadelphia, PA

1993 - 1994Visiting Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Department of Policy Analysis and Management

1998-1999Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, 1998-1999

1996Visiting Minority Scholar, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 1996

Grants and Sponsored Projects

Office of Housing and Community Development. Project: Norris Community Out-of-School Time Program. PI James Earl Davis, Co-PI Meghan Raisch. Funding Period: July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017. Amount Funded: $265,846.

Philadelphia Housing Authority. Project: Norris Residential Community-Temple University Collaborative. PI James Earl Davis, Co-PI Meghan Raisch. Funding Period: February 1, 2015 to January 30, 2016, Amount Funded: $159,900.

Philadelphia Housing Authority. Project: Out of School Time Summer Learning: Norris Community-Temple University Collaborative. PI James Earl Davis, Co-PI Meghan Raisch (#430422). Funding Period: June 26, 2015 to October 31, 2015, Amount Funded: $93,579.

National Science Foundation. Project: Temple Noyce Teacher (TNT) Scholars Program. PI James Earl Davis (#0934859). Funding Period: June 1, 2012 to September 30, 2015. Amount Funded: $900,000

National Science Foundation-Research on Gender in Science and Engineering Program. Project: STEMing the Tide: Exploring Factors Related to Males of Color Interest, Engagement and Achievement in Mathematics and Science. PI James Earl Davis, Co-PI Elon Dancy (#1240757). Funding Period: August 20, 2102 to July 30, 2014. Amount Funded: $200,000.

PA Department of Education - 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant. Project: STEAM Out of School Time Program. PI James Earl Davis. Funding Period: October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2018, Amount Funded: $1,194,829. Pending

National Science Foundation Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Project: First-Hand Inquiry. PI-Danielle Stollak, University Science Center, Co-PI James Earl Davis. Amount Funded: $300,000. Pending

William Penn Foundation, Project - Urban Education Collaborative. PI James Earl Davis, Co-PIs Wanda Brooks and Peshe Kuriloff. Funding Period: July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2014, Amount Funded: $1,200,000.

National Science Foundation. Project – Science Education Policy Conference Grant. Nancy Brickhouse, PI; Co-PI James Earl Davis, Funding Period: June 2010. Amount Funded: $185,000.

Marcus Foundation. Project -YouthBuild USA Graduate Study. Co-PI: James Earl Davis(#331902171),Erin Horvat, Co-PI. Funding Period: June 2002 to May 2003.Amount Funded: $36,600

National Science Foundation. Project – Intelligent Computer-Assisted Instruction: The Benjamin Banneker Project (#331902171).Jackie Leonard, PI; Co-PI James Earl Davis, Funding Period: September 2002 to August 2003.

Amount Funded: $99,992.00.

Space Telescope Science Institute. Project – Space Links: Integrating Space Science and Mathematics (#401902111).

Jackie Leonard, PI; Co-PI, James Earl Davis, Funding Period: May 2002 to April 2004. Amount Funded: $34,680.00.

Spencer Foundation. Project - After Desegregation: Students and Teachers Talk about "Race" and Relations in Schools.Co-PI, James Earl Davis; Co-PI, Katherine Schultz. Funding Period: September 1996 to August 1997.

Amount Funded: $12,000.

Spencer Foundation, National Academy of Education. Project - Uneasy Ties: Schooling, Social Construction of Masculinity, and the Achievement of African American Males. PI, James Earl Davis. Funding Period: September 1994 to August 1996. Amount Funded: $35,000.

U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youthand

Their Families. Project - Outcome Evaluation of FACET Community Based Pre-School Programs.

PI (Outcome Evaluation) James Earl Davis.Funded Period July 1992 to June 1995. Amount Funded:

$126,000.

Division of Public Health. Delaware Department of Health and Human Services. Project: Analysis of Birth Outcomes of Drug Using Pregnant Women. PI, James Earl Davis. Funding Period: January 1995 to January 1996.

Amount Funded: $6,500.00.

Christina School District (Newark, Delaware). Project - Evaluation of Parents as Teachers Program. PI, James Earl Davis. Funding Period: January to May 1991. Amount Funded: $1,400.

University of Delaware Research Foundation. Project - Development of Patter Matching Methodology to Measure the Effectiveness of Education and Social Programs. PI, James Earl Davis. Funding Period: September 1990 to August 1991. Amount Funded: $6,000.

Honors and Awards

Warrior Award - Inaugural Class. International Colloquium on Black Males in Education, 2014

Bernard C. Watson Endowment Award, Temple University, 2014

Crystal Owl Award for Outstanding Contributions to the College of Education, Temple University, 2013

Distinguished Contributions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award, American Educational Research Association, 2011

John W. Porter Distinguished Chair in Urban Education. Endowed Visiting Lecturer – Eastern Michigan University, 2006

Distinguish Faculty, David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar in Educational Administration and Policy, Chicago, IL, 2003

Outstanding Service Award, American Evaluation Association, Minority Issues in Evaluation, 2002

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation , 1994-1996

Distinguished Faculty Award, University of Delaware, Newark, DE College of Education, 1992

Publications

Books and Edited Volumes

Davis, J.E. (in progress). Masculinity, manhood and the making of young African American men: Explorations of educational engagement.

Brown, M. C., Dancy, T. E., & Davis, J. E. (Eds.) (2013). Educating African American males: The challenges of context and the possibilities for practice. New York: Peter Lang.

Gadsden, V, Fagan, J., Ray, A. & Davis, J. E. (2001). The Fathering Indicators Framework: A Tool for Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis. Philadelphia: NCOFF, University of Pennsylvania.

Brown, M. C. & Davis, J. E. (Eds.) (2000).Black sons to mothers: Compliments, critiques, and challenges for cultural workers in education. New York: Peter Lang.

Polite, V. & Davis, J. E. (Eds.) (1999). African American males in school and society: Policies and Practices for Effective Education. New York: Teachers College Press.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Khalifa, M.A., Gooden, M. A. & Davis, J.E. (in press). Culturally responsive school leadership: A synthesis of the literature. Review of Educational Research.

Lofton, R. & Davis, J.E. (2015). Toward a Black Habitus: African Americans Navigating Systemic Inequalities Within Home, School, and Community. Journal of Negro Education., 84,3,214-230.

Gadsden, V.L., Davis, J.E., & Jacobs Johnson, C.Y. (2015). African American Fathers and Families within Cultural and Historical Perspective. In Roopnarine, J. L. (Ed.) Fathers Across Cultures: The Importance, Roles, and Diverse Practices of Dads.Westport, CT: Praeger Press.

Davis, J. E. (2013). Negotiating masculinity in college: African American males and academic engagement. In M. C. Brown, T. E. Dancy & J.E. Davis (Eds.), Educating African American males: Context for consideration, possibilities for practice (pp. 53-66). New York: Peter Lang.

Davis, J. E. (2013). Research on equitable and excellent schools: Lessons for leadership practice. In L. C. Tillman and J. J. Scheurich (Eds.), Handbook of research on educational leadership for diversity and equity (pp. 405-408). New York: Routledge.

Gastic, B. & Davis, J. E. (2013). Working toward a 21stCentury framework for researchers of school safety leadership and practice. In L. C. Tillman and J. J. Scheurich (Eds.), Handbook of research on educational leadership for diversity and equity (pp. 537-551). New York: Routledge.

Baldridge, B., Hill, M. L., & Davis, J.E. (2011). New possibilities: (re)engaging Black male youth within community-based educational spaces. Race, Ethnicity and Education, 14, 1, 121-136.

Horvat, E. & Davis, J. E. (2010). Schools as sites for transformation: Exploring he contribution of habitus. Youth & Society, 43, 1, 142-170.

Davis, J. E. (2010). Uneasy Ties: Race and gender in urban education reform. In V.C. Polite and E. Zamani (Eds.), The State of African American Men in Michigan: A courageous conversation (pp. 145-164).East Lansing, MI: Michigan State Press.

Royal, C. & Davis, J. E. (2010). The new school: Teachers as leaders in the future of school reform. In S. Horseford (Ed.), New Perspectives in Educational Leadership (pp. 239-259). New York: Peter Lang.

Joe, E. M. & Davis, J. E. (2010). Parental Influence, School Readiness and Early Academic Achievement of African American Boys. Journal of Negro Education, 78, 260-276.

Davis, J. E. & Madsen, J. (2010). African American principals in urban schools: Implications for organizational structures and improved education outcomes. In Foster, L. & Tillman, L. (Eds.) African American perspectives on leadership in schools (pp. 115-139). Austin, TX: University Council for Educational Administration.

Gadsden, V. L., Davis, J. E. & Artiles, A. J.(2009). Risk, equity, and schooling: Transforming the discourse. Review of Research in Education, 33, 7-11.

Davis, J. E. (2008). Toward understanding African American males in K-12 education. In L. Tillman (Ed.), Handbook on African American Education (pp. 399-416).Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Hernandez, K. C. & Davis, J. E. (2008). The other side of gender: Black masculinity in teaching and learning. In R. Milner (Ed.) Possibilities of Diversity: A Guide for Practitioners (pp 17-30). New York: Charles Thomas Publisher.

Brown II, M.C., Dancy, T. E. & Davis, J. E. (2007). Drowning under rising tides: How America leaves its disadvantaged students behind. In S. P. Robinson & M. C. Brown (Eds.)The children hurricane Katrina left behind: Schooling contexts, professional preparation, and community politics (pp. 54-72). New York: Peter Lang.

Davis, J. E. (2006). Research at the margins: Dropping out of high school and mobility among African American males. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 19, 3, 289-304.

Davis, J. E. (2005). Early schooling and African American male’s achievement. In O. S. Fashola (Ed.), Educating African American Males (pp. 129-150). Thousand Oaks, CA: Crowin Press.

Leonard, J., Davis, J. E. & .Sidler, J. L. (2005). Cultural relevance and computer-assisted instruction. Journal on Technology and Education. 16, 23-34.

Davis, J. E. (2004). Early schooling and the achievement of African American males. Urban Education, 38, 515-537.

Beaudry, J. & Davis, J. E. (2003). Evaluating multicultural programs. In W. Y. Lee (Ed.), Assessment and Program Evaluation in Higher Education(pp. 203-215). ASHE Research Series. Pearson: Boston, MA.

Davis, J. E. (2003). Boys to men: Masculine diversity and schooling. In F. C. Worrell (Ed.), Boys to men: The challenges of engaging boys academically and emotionally in the primary and school system (pp. 1-14). Port of Spain, Trinidad: The School Leadership Center of Trinidad and Tobago.

Gadsden, V., Fagan, J., Ray, A., & Davis, J. E. (2003). Fathering Indicators for practice and evaluation: The fathering indicators framework. In R. D. Day and M. E. Lamb (Eds.), Conceptualizing and measuring father involvement (pp. 385-415). Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Davis, J. E. (2002). Race, gender, and sexuality: (Un)Doing Identity Categories in Educational Research. Educational Researcher, 31, 29-32.

Davis, J. E. (2002). Distance Education: History, Foundations, and Critical Perspectives: Introduction. In L. Foster, B. Bower, & L. Watson (Eds.), Distance Education: Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. (pp. 3-7) Boston: Pearson Publishing.

Davis, J. E. (2002). Transgressing the masculine: African American boys and the failure of schools. In B. Mayeen and W. Martino (Eds.) What About the Boys? Issues of Masculinity in School. London: Open University Press.

Davis, J. E. (2001). Black boys at school: Negotiating masculinities and race In R. Majors (Ed.), Educating Our Black Children: New Directions and Radical Approaches (pp. 169-182). London: Routledge-Falmer.

Brown, M. C., & Davis, J. E. (2001). The historically Black college as social contract, social capital and social equalizer. Peabody Journal of Education, 76, 31-49.

Davis, J.E. (2000). Mothering for manhood: The (re)production of a Black son’s gendered self (pp. 51-67). In M. C. Brown & J. E. Davis (Eds.), Black sons to mothers: Compliments, critiques, and challenges for cultural workers in education. New York: Peter Lang.

Settles, B. H., Davis, J. E., & Grass-Bachman, C. B. (2000). Developing Community and peer support for young parents: Process and outcome evaluation inputs in prevention programs. Family Science Review, 13, 182-196.

Brown, M. C. & Davis, J. E. (2000). To be or not to be a mother: Introducing the conversation. In M. C. Brown & J. E. Davis (Eds.), Black sons to mothers: Compliments, critiques, and challenges for cultural workers in education (pp. 1-12). New York: Peter Lang.

Davis, J. E. (1999). Forbidden fruit: Black males’ constructions of transgressive sexualities in middle school. In W. J. Letts, IV and J. Sears (Eds.), Queering elementary education: Advancing the dialogue about sexualities and schooling. Boulder, CO: Roman & Littlefield.

Settles, B. H., Davis, J. E., Hanks, II, D. E. & Grass-Bachman, C. B. (1999). Family education and prevention programs: A cross-cultural development model. In R. Richter and S. Supper (Eds.). New qualities in the life course: Intercultural aspects (pp. 219-236). Wurzburg, Germany: Ergon-Verlag.

Davis, J. E. (1999). What does gender have to do with the experience of African American College men? In V. Polite and J. E. Davis (Eds.), African American males in school and society: Policies and Practices for Effective Education (pp. 134-148). New York: Teacher College Press, Columbia University.

Davis, J. E. (1999). Ethical challenges: Advocacy, care and power in program evaluation. American Journal of Evaluation, 20, 113-122.

Davis, J. E. (1998). Campus climate, gender, and achievement of African American college students. African American Research Perspectives, 4, 40-46.

Settles, B. H., Hanks, D. E. & Davis, J. E. (1998). Building bridges of inclusiveness in multiculturally diverse groups: The challenge for family life education and prevention. In S. C. Ziehl (Ed.), Multicultural Diversity and Families (pp. 397-454). Grahamstown, South Africa: Rhodes University Press.

Davis, J. E. (1998) Cultural capital and the role of historically Black colleges and universities in educational reproduction. In K. Freeman (Ed.), African American Culture and Heritage in Higher Education Research and Practice. Westport, CT: Praeger Press.

Beaudry, J. S. & Davis, J. E. (1997). Evaluating results of multicultural education: Taking the long way home. In A. I. Morey & M. K. Kitano (Eds.), MulticulturalCourse Transformation in Higher Education: A Broader Truth (pp. 242-257). New York: Allyn and Bacon.

Williams, H., Davis, J. E., & Soudien, C. (Eds.) (1997). Education in a new South Africa: The crises of conflict, the challenges of change. Special Issue of the Journal of Negro Education, 66, 4.

Davis, J. E. & Jordan, W. J. (1996). Determinants of school success of African-American males. In V. L. Gadsden and W. Trent (Eds.), Transitions in the Life Course of African American Males: Issues of Schooling, Adulthood, Fatherhood, and Families (pp. 1-13). Philadelphia: National Center on Fathers and Families, University of Pennsylvania.

Davis, J. E. (1995). What is the evidence of the effectiveness of school-lined services? The Evaluation Exchange: Emerging Strategies in Evaluating Child and Family Services, 1, 10.

Davis, J. E. & Perkins, E. (1995). Fathers' care: A review of the literature. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, National Center on Fathers and Families.

Curry, B. K. & Davis, J. E. (1995). Representing people: The obligations of faculty as researchers. Academe, 54, 40-43.

Polite, V. & Davis, J. E. (1994). A continuing challenge in times like these: Introduction. In V. Polite & J. E. Davis (Eds.) Pedagogical and Contextual Issues Affecting African American Males in School and Society. Special Issues of the Journal of Negro Education, 63, 4.

Davis, J. E. & Jordan, W. J. (1994). The effects of school context, structure, and experiences on African-American males in middle and high school. Journal of Negro Education, 63, 570-587.

Davis, J. E. (1992). Reconsidering the use of race as an explanatory variable in program evaluation. New Directions for Program Evaluation, 52, 35-43.

Davis, J. E. (1994). College in black and white: Campus environment and academic achievement of African-American males. Journal of Negro Education, 63, 620-633.

Hunter, A. & Davis, J. E. (1994). The hidden voices of Black men: The meaning, structure, and complexity of manhood. Journal of Black Studies, 25, 20-40.

Davis, J. E., Russell, R., & Ketchum, P. (1992). What effect does the Parents as Teachers Program have on parents and children in Delaware? An evaluation study. Partnership: Journal for Leaders in Education, 17, 14-17.

Hunter, A. & Davis, J. E. (1992). Constructing gender: An exploration of Afro-American men's conceptualization of manhood. Gender & Society, 6, 464-479.

Davis, J. E. & Reynolds, N. (1990). Alcohol use among college students: Responses to raising the purchase age. The Journal of American College Health, 38, 263-269.

Davis, J. E. (1990). All Black colleges are not the same: Differences in academic progression of Black college students. In C. Ford (Ed.), Challenges in Change: Blacks in Higher Education, 15, 34-42.

Journal Special Issues

Gadsden, V. L., Davis, J. E. & Artiles, A. J. (Eds.) (2009). Risk, equity, and schooling: Transforming the discourse. Review of Research in Education, 33.

Williams, H., Davis, J. E., & Soudien, C. (Eds.) (1997). Education in a new South Africa: The crises of conflict, the challenges of change. Journal of Negro Education, 66, 4.

Polite, V. & Davis, J. E. (Eds.) (1994). Pedagogical and Contextual Issues Affecting African American Males in School and Society. Journal of Negro Education, 63, 4.

Selected Invited Presentations and Keynote Addresses

Davis, J.E. (2016). Challenges Facing Higher Education in the United States: Affordability, Access and Accountability. Chinese University Administrators Advanced Study Program. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, July

Davis, J.E. (2016). College 101 for Young Black Men. Office of Housing and Community Development. People’s Emergency Center’s Neighborhood Advisory Committee. Philadelphia, PA. June.

Davis, J.E. (2016). Contemporary Issues in Urban Education. Temple University Alumni Luncheon at the American Education Research Association. Washington, D.C. April.

Davis, J.E. (2016). Race, State Violence and Education after Ferguson: John Dewey Society Annual Symposium. Washington, D.C. April.

Davis, J.E. (2016). Black male youth: Intersectionality and the “Schooling” of Possibility and Peril. Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series: Center for the Humanities. Temple University, April.

Davis, J.E. (2016). Black Lives Matter: Critical Dialog for the Greater Good Post Brown and Martin. Pennsylvania Black Conference on Higher Education. Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA. March.

Davis, J.E. (2015). Reforming Education Reform: Leadership and Transmitting Inequality in Schools. Annual Barbara L. Jackson Lecture, Fordham University, New York, NY, December.

Davis, J.E. (2015). Challenges Facing Higher Education in the United States: Affordability, Access and Accountability. Chinese University Leaders Advance Study Program. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, November.

Davis, J.E. (2015). Paths to Increase Diversity and inclusion in higher education. National Access, Diversity & Excellence Summit, Association and Public and Land Grant Universities, Florida International University, Miami, FL, July.