Dr.
Davis is a leading and internationally recognized scholar in public
opinion, elections and voting behavior, political psychology, research
methods and statistics, and racial politics. His research has been
published in the most prestigious refereed journals in political
science and public opinion, such as The American Political Science
Review, American Journal of Political Science,
Journal of Politics,
and Public Opinion Quarterly and he has also served on the editorial
boards of these journals. His recent book, Negative Liberty: Public
Opinion and the Terrorist Attacks on America, examines American
citizens' perceptions of threat and vulnerability on the tradeoffs
between democratic values and security following the September 11
terrorist attacks.
In his current administrative role as Associate Vice
President for Research, Dr. Davis manages research compliance.
Dr. Davis received the Emerging Scholar Award, which
recognizes the top scholar within 10 years of Ph.D., from the Public Opinion and
Elections Section of the American Political Science Association. His research
has been supported by the National Science Foundation and The Russell Sage
Foundation. He was recently appointed to a national commission to review
political polling methodologies in the 2008 Presidential election.
Professor Davis is currently working on the
political and social consequences of fear, social desirability (political
correctness), stereotype threat, the measurement of racial attitudes,
perceptions of citizenship, political tolerance, and the social-psychology
of African American political attitudes and behavior.
Dr. Davis received his PhD. from the University
of Houston in 1994.
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