Featured grants
- Davis, Dionne Laverne (Principal), Pena, Rosa Maria (Co-Principal). Centering Students as Policy Actors in Educational Contexts, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $16000. (Submitted: 2025, Funded: 2025 - 2026). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Davis, D. L., & Mobley, A. (2025). I have my sister’s back: Cultivating counterspaces in the academy to keep Black motherscholars safe. In C. Turner & M. Green (Eds.), Black mother scholarship within and beyond the academy: Reconceptualizing radical futurity. Springer Nature.
- Davis, D. L., Aaron, T., & Martinez, M. A. (2025). Black and Latina educational leaders’ motherwork: A reflection of identity, radical care, and collective love. Journal of Educational Administration, 1–16. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2025.2519315
- Davis, D. L. (n.d.). An autoethnographic exploration of programmatic and personal evolution. In K. Arar, M. A. Martinez, M. Guajardo, & R. J. Straubhaar (Eds.), Reimagining the doctoral educational and community leadership program: Alignment for future frontiers of learning systems. Routledge.
- Davis, D. L. (2025). Mentor or sponsor: The key to the balancing act of having a family and career. In E. Bradley & V. Agosto (Eds.), Navigating Academic Motherhood: The Possibilities of Effective Mentorship for Tenured Faculty Mothers. Routledge. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032651682
- Davis, D. L., Martinez, M. A., & Pena, R. M. (2024). Navigating quandaries and hard places: The impact of leadership dynamics on the career paths of three BIPOC women assistant principals. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership., 27(2), 73–87. https://doi.org/10.1177/15554589231221113
Featured service activities
- Member
Non-Tenure Line (NTL) PPS Creation Committee
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Zinn Education Project: Teaching for Black Lives
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Doctoral Admissions Committee
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Faculty Search Committee
- Member
CLAS PPS Committee
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Michael Abbott Scholarship in EDCL