Mark W. Davis has been a member of West Chester University's Department of Public
Policy and Administration since August 2013. Teaching in the Masters of Public Administration
program, course taught to date include: Introduction to Public Service, Budgeting
and Finance, Public Sector Organization Theory, and American Public Policy. Dr. Davis’s
Ph.D. studies were at the University of Colorado Denver in the School of Public Affairs
where he was a NSF IGERT Researcher in Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Systems, Managing
Editor of Policy Studies Journal, and taught Public Policy Analysis. Dr. Davis holds
a Ph.D. in Public Affairs from the University of Colorado Denver, a Masters of Public
Affairs from Indiana University (where he also taught as an Adjunct Professor for
seven years), and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Public Policy from Washington
University in St. Louis. Prior to moving into academia full time Dr. Davis worked
as an environmental professional in the fields of integrated solid waste management,
water supply and water treatment, and wastewater collection and treatment in a variety
of management level positions. His research interests include: urban affairs, public
management, collaborative governance, the public policy process, and environmental
policy / sustainability policy initiatives. Within this research frame Dr. Davis focuses
on U.S. national policy, and state and local governments. Dr. Davis was awarded the
Norton Long Young Scholars Award by the American Political Science Association in
2013; this award is for scholars focused on urban politics that are currently completing
or have recently completed their PhD studies. In his spare time Dr. Davis is an avid
bicyclist, including an annual trek to California to participate in the AIDS/Lifecycle
fund raising bike ride, a 545-mile, 7-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles,
CA.