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Cheron H. Davis

Professor of Reading Education, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

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About Cheron

Dr. Davis' research interests include teacher preparation at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), interdisciplinary reading pedagogy, the promotion of equity and justice through literacy, and early literacy intervention techniques.

In the News

Opinion: "We Must Help Save America’s Historic Black Colleges," Cheron H. Davis (with Adriel A. Hilton), Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, July 28, 2024.
Interviewed in "FAMU and PLT Promote Literacy and Connection to Nature for HBCU Students," (with Joe Heimlich) eePRO, June 7, 2024.
Opinion: "SCOTUS Delivers a “Well-Done” Decision: Rare Justice for Higher Education," Cheron H. Davis (with Roshunda Harris-Allen), Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, July 6, 2023.
Opinion: "An Urgent Solution Required: Too Many Guns Are Killing Too Many of Our Children," Cheron H. Davis (with Adriel A. Hilton), Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, April 25, 2023.
Opinion: "Let’s Get an Amen on Who Can Legitimately Be Called an HBCU Expert," Cheron H. Davis (with Adriel A. Hilton), Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, July 27, 2022.

Publications

The Beauty and the Burden of Being a Black Professor (edited with Adriel Hilton, Ricardo Hamrick, and F. Erik Brooks). (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021).

Showcases personal insights and inspirational stories from leading Black scholars across the US. Highlights and problematizes the uncomfortable truth of the lack of diversity in many higher education institutions in order to further discussions on the topic of race in academia, and to assist academics of color in preparing for their careers.