Camea Davis. Minors: Educational Technology, Curriculum & Instruction

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1 Camea Davis Education 2013-Present Ph.D. Ball State University, Muncie, IN (Expected May 2018) Major: Critical Educational Policy Studies Minors: Educational Technology, Curriculum & Instruction Dissertation: From the Stage to the Streets: Minoritized Youth Poets Civic Actions Research Interests: Multicultural education, culturally relevant pedagogy, spoken word poetry, adolescent identity development, youth civic engagement 2013 M. Ed. Marian University, Indianapolis, IN Teacher s College Thesis Title: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Student Perceptions of Success State of Indiana Professional Educator s License: Language Arts B.A. University of Wisconsin- Madison, Madison, WI English Department Major: English Literature Honors: First Wave Hip Hop Scholar HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2017-Present Doctoral Teaching Fellow, EDMU 205: Multicultural Education, Ball State University Designed four sections of multicultural education focused on the historic and systemic rationale for American educational inequity and multiple forms human diversity in the secondary classroom through the lenses of pluralism and multiculturalism Lead Instructor, Culturally Responsive Teaching, Marian University In partnership with The New Teacher Project of Indianapolis- A transition to teaching program dedicated to improving educational equity in Indianapolis by placing excellent teachers in high-need schools. I developed curriculum and participated in assessment of teacher candidates.

2 2017 Instructor, Upward Bound English, Indianapolis University-Purdue University A program designed to support students of color from low socio-economic backgrounds succeed in college Doctoral Teaching Assistant, EDMU 205: Multicultural Education, Ball State Univ. SECONDARY TEACHING EXPERIENCE Belzer Middle School, MSD of Lawrence Township, Indianapolis, IN 8 th Grade Language Arts: I instructed 150 diverse Pre-AP, remedial, and linguistically diverse students daily. I designed and lead taught the curriculum for the African American Male Honors Program. I developed and led the district s only spoken word poetry elective course daily. Trained in SIOP teaching and learning strategies to support English language learners John Marshall Community School, IPS, Indianapolis, IN 7 th Grade Language Arts Teacher: I instructed 130 special education and general education students in language arts curriculum. I also developed and facilitated a weekly girls empowerment and character development after school program for 30 adolescent girls. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Present Ball State University, Educational Studies Department, Muncie, IN Co-Investigator, I collaborate with a team of qualitative researchers to conduct a narrative research study of the Center for Leadership Development as a location of hope for African American youth that achieves a counter-narrative of urban youth college access. I am responsible for recruiting participants, collecting interview data and historical documents, and conducting thematic data analysis Ball State University, Educational Studies Department, Muncie, IN Doctoral Assistant; I collaborated with a faculty member to conduct an action research study of transformative pedagogy in the pre-service teacher educator multicultural education classroom Ball State University, Educational Studies Department, Muncie, IN Principle Investigator; I designed and conducted an IRB approved ( ) pilot study of teen poets ages civic actions using poetic inquiry Ball State University, Educational Studies Department, Muncie, IN Action Research Coach; I collaborated with a faculty member to conduct a participatory action research project on the experiences of graduate assistants supporting M.A. in Education students in completing and designing research projects Ball State University, Educational Studies Department, Muncie, IN Principle Investigator; I designed and conducted an arts based research study using poetic inquiry to explore middle school students use of the slam poetry class space for identity construction. Camea Davis 2

3 GRADUATE FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION COURSES EDFO 620 Social, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education (3) EDFO 621 Education & Ethics (3) EDFO 631 Philosophy of Education (3) EDFO 641 History of American Education (3) EDST 736 Seminar in Educational Studies (3) EDMU 660 Multicultural & Multiethnic Education in American Schools (3) EDFO 700 Seminar in Educational Policy (3) EDFO 699 Independent Study in Foundations of Education: Hip-Hop Pedagogy (6) EDMU 690 Independent Study in Multicultural Education (3) AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS Gates Millennium Scholar This academic scholarship sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is awarded to the nation s leading scholars of color for exceptional academic performance, community activism, and leadership Aspire Travel Grant Recipient, Awarded by Ball State University 2016 Adolescent and Youth Development SIG Emerging Scholar I was selected to be among a selective group of promising doctoral students to participate in a retreat and mentoring experience at American Education Research Association Annual Meeting in Teacher Creativity Fellowship Recipient I was awarded $10,000 for outstanding teacher leadership and service to travel to Paris, Rome, Tuscany, and Venice to write spoken word poems for classroom use Innovate ED New Venture Award My co-founders and I were awarded $7,000 to launch, Indy Pulse, a critical literacy non-profit, that serves Indianapolis schools and communities. PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed Davis. C. (In Press). Writing the Self: Slam Poetry, Youth Identity, & Critical Poetic Inquiry. Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal. Fraser-Burgess, S., & Davis, C. (2017). Memory work for all: Getting beyond neoliberalism s racialized Camea Davis 3

4 Non-Peer-reviewed politics of the american dream. The Journal of School & Society, 4(2), Davis, C. (2015).One year later: A Teach For America alum reflects on the death of Michael Brown. The Indianapolis Recorder. Retrieved from 836be4d8e865.html Davis, C. (2015). (Invited). Second reaction: The transforming power of hope. First Opinions, Second Reactions 8.2 (2015): Article 8. Retrieved from CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Peer-reviewed Davis, C. "Necessary Rebellion: Spoken Word as Civic Action Among African American Youth" Davis, C. "The Activist in the Mirror: Youth Poets & Civic Identity Development" Fraser-Burgess, S., Polush, E., Davis, C. "Counter-narrative of seeing (in)equalities: One African American community and its youth s stories of educational attainment" Davis, C. Syntax of Survival: Language Diversity in K-12 Schooling International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, IL, May, Davis, C. "Giving Students the Mic: A Review of Hip Hop Education" American Education Research Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, April Davis, C. Syntax of Survival in a Culture of Silence Annual Meeting of the American Educational Studies Association Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, November Davis, C. Removing the Veil of White Invisibility: The Philosophical Roots and Resonance of Between the World and Me Annual Meeting of the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society Annual Meeting, Dayton, OH, October, Invited Public Speaking/Presentations Syntax of Survival: Language Diversity in K-12 Schooling TEDx Evansville, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN, Oct Camea Davis 4

5 Student Voice in a Culturally Responsive Classroom Innovate ED Educator s Conference, Indianapolis, IN, July Smart is the New Swag: an Honors Program for African American Males National Council on Educating Black Children, Indianapolis, IN, April SERVICE ACTIVITIES University Service Present President, Society of Educational Studies at Ball State University Secretary, Society of Educational Studies at Ball State University Emerging Scholar Mentor, AERA Adolescent Youth Development SIG Community Service Present Program Director, Indy Pulse Youth Spoken Word Organization PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP 2016-Present, Member, National Association of Multicultural Education Present, Member, American Education Research Association (AERA) Division K Teacher Education Member Adolescence & Development SIG Member Arts Based Educational Research SIG Member Camea Davis 5