Dr. George Davis

Dr. Davis received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Penn State in 2005. He came to Marshall from Virginia Tech the same year and is an Assistant Professor. Dr. Davis is currently the advisor for the Golden Key Honorary Society and the Model Congress. He is also a member of the COLA and University Curriculum Committees, as well as the COLA Faculty Concerns Committee.

Courses Taught

PSC 104 - American National Government and Politics
PSC 202 - American State Government and Politics
PSC 381 - The American Legislative Process
PSC 600 - Research Design
HON 480 - Work and Poverty

Research Interests

Dr. Davis's research revolves around the concept of citizenship both as a political construction and as a source of participatory action. He is currently working on a project exploring the relationship between place and political participation in Appalachia. Specifically, this project investigates the ways in which citizen movements employ local identity to resist the practice of mountaintop removal.

Dr. Davis will be attending the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, "Appalachia Up Close," from June 8 until July 4, 2008.