Meet the Faculty

Eddie Davis

Eddie Davis

Associate Professor
(716) 878-5709
Campus Address: Classroom Building C120
davise@buffalostate.edu

Office Hours
On Leave

Also by appointment

D.S.W., A.C.S.W. (1987, D.S.W. University of Utah Graduate School of Social Work in social work education and social policy; 1971, A.M. University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration in community organization and social planning; 1973-75, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration: Advanced Studies in Policy, Planning, and Administration; 1969, A.B. Roosevelt University - major in psychology, minor in English)

Dr. Davis's areas of special interest and research include youth violence, minority content in social work, effects of social policy on psychosocial development, and family dynamics. Prior to moving to Buffalo in August of 1994, his community involvement included Detroit Head Start Advisory Board, WTVS Channel 56's City for Youth Program, political campaign manager for a Chicago city councilman, and tenants' union organizing in Chicago and Salt Lake City. Dr. Davis's experience in the field also includes being a member of the social work faculty at Morgan State University, Federal City College, University of Illinois at Chicago, Western Kentucky University, and Wayne State University. His experiences in the field include the Illinois Department of Mental Health, The Depot (therapy with families and troubled youth), ECHO Mental Health Center, and Project Reality as a drug counselor and therapist in Salt Lake City. Dr. Davis enjoys tennis, photography, reading, music, skating, writing fiction, travel, motorcycling, and theater. His favorite words to live by: "Enjoy the adventure called life!" and "No regrets!"