Edmond 'ED' Davis

Edmond Davis 14 Churchill Drive Mabelvale, AR. 72103 |--     EDUCATION Master of Arts, History Louisiana Tech University Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Arts History Grambling State University March 2003 –Honors May 2000 – Cum Laude EXPERIENCE History Professor Arkansas Baptist College, Little Rock, AR §   Facilitate courses in Social Sciences including United States History I, History II, African History, World Civilization I & II, American Government, and African American Cinema, Film and Hip-Hop §   Served on academic and administrative committees that review and recommend policies within departments §   Served as Faculty Senate Vice Chair responsible for assisting in shared governing structures of faculty and staff §   Published original research analysis in social sciences/historical books and academic journals §   Worked as an academic advisor; conducted initial orientation, advised students of semester course selection §   Analyzes student records in preparation for appointments; August 2008 – Present Social Responsibility Program Coordinator Little Rock, AR Sept.2016- May 2017 §   §   §   Facilitated a 27 week pilot program title RESPOND-I-BILITY at Covenant Keepers Charter School Created a differentiated curriculum addressing social and emotional needs of high-risk students Organized community policing visits with classroom within program Created pre and post assessments for evaluation of program Lead Faculty Facilitator, University of Phoenix Little Rock main campus §   Worked with colleagues to develop or modify the curriculum for a degree or certificate program involving a series of courses §   Conduct research and experiments to advance knowledge in their field §   Publish original research and analysis in books and academic journals Jan.2010- Sept. 2015 History Lecturer, Pulaski Technical College, North Little Rock, AR §   Facilitated courses in history (World Civilization I, II, and U.D. History to 1877 and 1877- Present) §   Served as academic counselor, Student Orientation Revising and Registration (S.O.A.R.S.) §   Advised students on selected course schedules, ensured student completion of curriculum requirements, maintained records of student’s academic goals §   Served as Mentor, PTC TRIOS Program, assisted in development and academic enhancement of TRIOS scholars in multiple ways: social skills, study habits, and performing in educational scenarios; conducted workshops and student advising appointments historical essay paper Jan. 2004 – Aug. 2008 Adjunct Instructor, University of Arkansas Little Rock, Little Rock, AR §   Facilitator of American History & World Civilization Lecturer. Led large audience lecture administered accompanying assignments, history courses including World Civ. I, II, and U.S. History §   Promoted high student engagement, interactive assignments including out-of-class research and meetings, competitive educational programs, and peer editing of historical essay paper Aug. 2003 – May 2004 CIVIC & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT §   §   §   §   §   §   §   §   §   §   §   §   §   §   §   Call-in guest LIBradio in Los Angeles, CA, Spring 2004 Speaker, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., “Delta Presents” personal development program, December 2007 Guest speaker, “Lunch & Legacies,” Butler Center for Learning & Arkansas Studies, August 2007 Host, Literary Nation radio show with Patrick Oliver, KABF 88.3 FM, 2007 Keynote speaker, Black Pilots of America Inc., Pine Bluff, Arkansas, May 2008 Keynote speaker, Juneteenth celebration, Hamburg, Arkansas, June 2008 Presenter, Arkansas Historical Association, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 2008 Presenter, NAACP Conference on Literacy, Little Rock Chapter, September 2008 Speaker, Black History program, 188th Air Force Infantry Wing, February 2009 Moderator for the Arkansas Black History Quiz Bowl, Mosaic Templar Cultural Center, 2009 Call-in guest, Power92 with Broadway Joe Morning Show, Little Rock, AR 2011 Presentation on Arkansas Aviation History at Jacksonville Military Museum of History, 2013 AEA Day facilitator of AR History for Little Rock School District, 2012 Little Rock Candidate Ward 7#InvestingFromWithinTheCommunity, 2018 National Night Out Little Rock: Active Shooter Presentation, October 2019 MEMEBERSHIP/ ORGANIZATIONS §   Member of Bountiful Blessings World Fellowship, Little Rock, Arkansas. 2009-Present §   Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship Inc, Nat’l Vice-Chair of History Committee,- §   President, Central Arkansas Graduate Chapter, Groove Phi Groove SFI,- §   Phi Alpha Theta National Historical Society, lifetime member, 2000 – present §   Grambling State University Alumni Association, Central Arkansas,- §   Louisiana Tech University Alumni Association, 2003-Present §   Arkansas Historical Association, general member, 2008 §   Pulaski County Historical Society, general member, 2008 §   Board Member, Aerospace Education Center, Little Rock, Arkansas,- §   Board Member, The Weekend Theater, Little Rock, Arkansas,- §   Honorary Board Member, Milton Pitts Crenchaw Aviation Training Academy 2012-Present §   President, Oxford Valley Neighborhood Association,- §   Little Rock City Director Candidate Ward 7, 2018 PUBLICATIONS §   Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry: Milton P. Crenchaw, 2007 §   Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry: Arkansas Tuskegee Airmen, 2008 §   Historical Review article: Tuskegee Airmen: African-American WW2 Pilots of Pulaski County, 2008 §   Author of book titled: Pioneering African-American aviators featuring the Tuskegee Airmen of Arkansas 2012 §   Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry: Lasker “Las” Bell Sr., 2014 §   Pulaski County Historical Review, Reverend Joseph C. Crenchaw: Remembering A Civil Rights Hero, 2010 §   Black Past article on Arkansas Baptist College http://blackpast.org/?q=aah/arkansas-baptist-college-1884 and several other entries on Cornelius Coffey, Lasker Bell Sr., Milton Crenchaw, Willa Brown, Chief Alfred Anderson and Groove Phi Groove SFI §   Wikipedia entry, on North Little Rock Officer Tommy Norman, 2015 GRANTS §   §   Black History Commission of Arkansas grant awarded for Arkansas Tuskegee Airmen Project, February 2008 Arkansas Black Hall of Fame grant awarded for RESPOND-I-BILITY Program, October 2015 Videos Footage, Media and Presentation Links   http://www.littlerock.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/764210/little-rock-afb-celebrates-diversity-day http://www.blackpast.org/aah/crenchaw-millton-pitts-1919 https://speakerpedia.com/speakers/edmond-davis http://www.blackpast.org/contributor/davis-Edmond http://www.arkansastechnews.com/ozark/davis-to-speak-for-black-history-month/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=990ktis7oJI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FguK_9CrT24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqD2VO0HTeA