Curriculum Vitae:

Resume:

Education


University of Florida | Gainesville, FL                            
PH.D. Curriculum and Instruction; May 2023
Specialization: Critical Studies in Race, Ethnicity, and Culture

M.A. Latin American Studies; May 2019
Specialization: Latinx Studies & Transnational Migration Studies

Lehigh University | Bethlehem, PA
M.Ed. Secondary Education; May 2014
Pennsylvania Certification in Secondary Education, Mathematics

B.A. Mathematics; May 2013     
Minors: Latin American Studies, Music

Publications


Davis, Erika. (2023). Confronting the White Renaissance: Educational Advocacy and Gentrification in the New Latinx Diaspora [Dissertation, University of Florida].

Busey, Christopher; Corral, Alvaro; & Davis, Erika. (2021). “All Enemies, Foreign and Domestic”: The presence of anti-Latinx political rhetoric and Latinxs as third world threats in secondary US citizenship curriculum. Teachers College Record, 123(2), 1-40.

Vargas, Nicholas; Villa-Palomino, Julio; & Davis, Erika. (2019).* Latinx faculty representation and resource allocation at Hispanic Serving Institutions. Race, Ethnicity and Education, 23(1), 39-54.

*2021 American Sociological Association, Latina/Latino Sociology Section, Distinguished Research Article Award. Honorable Mention.

Davis, Erika. (2019). (Mis)representation of Latinxs in Florida social studies standards. Social Studies Research and Practice, 14(1), 1-13.

Davis, Erika. (2019). In the hot seat: Summer school for Latinx students [Master’s thesis, University of Florida]. University of Florida Digital Collections.

Selected Grants & Awards


Fall 2022

American Educational Studies Association 2022 Taylor and Francis Past President’s Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Research

Everett L. Holden and Marian G. Holden Memorial Scholarship

Summer 2022
Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, Rothman Doctoral Fellowship

Spring 2022
Center for Puerto Rican Studies at CUNY Hunter College, Research Fellowship

Summer 2018
Carol French Doughty Field Research Grant

  • Apr 2024

    Davis, Erika; Ochoa, J.; Christian, B., & Mayorga, E. Construyendo historias juntos: A Praxis of Story Gathering and Storytelling Among Schools and Communities. Accepted for presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.

    Apr 2023
    Davis, Erika. “Embracing White Renaissance: Educational Advocacy and Responses to Gentrification in the New Latinx Diaspora.” Presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

    Nov 2022
    Davis, Erika. “Race, Education, and Neoliberal City Politics in the New Latinx Diaspora.” Presented at the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.

    Oct 2022
    Davis, Erika. “From PR to PA: Excavating the History of Puerto Ricans in Eastern Pennsylvania.” Presented at the Puerto Rican Studies Biennial Conference in Holyoke, MA.

    Sep 2022
    Davis, Erika. “Educación in the Lehigh Valley: How Educational Access for Latinos is Influenced by Activism, Development, and Politics.” Presented at the 5th Annual Pennsylvania Latino Convention in Allentown, PA.

    July 2022
    Davis, Erika & Quiñones, Tatiana. “Divisive and Driven: A Newspaper Media Analysis of Latinx Population Growth in Allentown, PA, 2006-2019.” Presented at the Latina/o Studies Association Biennial Conference in South Bend, IN.

    Mar 2022
    Davis, Erika. “Re-Membering Through Obituaries: Latinx Community Memory and Presence in Allentown, Pennsylvania.” Presented at the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) annual meeting in Charlotte, NC.

    May 2020
    Vargas, Nicholas & Davis, Erika. “Latinx Faculty Representation and Resource Allocation at Hispanic Serving Institutions of U.S. Higher Education.” Accepted for presentation at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico (Presentation cancelled due to COVID-19).

    Apr 2020
    Davis, Erika. “‘They Say We Are Wasting Our Summer’: Latinx Student Perspectives on Remediation-Based Summer School.” Accepted for presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19).

    Oct 2019
    Davis, Erika. “The Fight for Inclusion of Latinxs and Latin Americans in Curriculum: Where Does Pennsylvania Stand?” and “Subtractive Schooling vs. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Why Pennsylvania Educators of Latinx Youth Should Know These Terms.” Presented at 2nd Annual Pennsylvania Latino Convention in Bethlehem, PA.

    Apr 2019
    Busey, Christopher; Corral, Alvaro; & Davis, Erika. “‘All Enemies, Foreign and Domestic’: Latinxs and Latin America as a Threat in Citizenship Curriculum.” Presented as part of a symposium entitled The Socio-Political of Latinx Education: Problemas, Promesas, y Posibilidades in an era of Anti-Latinx Racism at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Toronto, CA.

    Mar 2019
    Davis, Erika. “In the Hot Seat: Summer School for Latinxs.” Presented at the 4th Annual College of Education Research Symposium in Gainesville, FL.

    Oct 2018
    Davis, Erika.
    “(Mis)Representation of Latinxs in Florida Social Studies Standards.” Presented at the Florida Council for Social Studies Annual Conference in Orlando, FL.

    July 2018
    Davis, Erika. “In the Hot Seat: Ethnoracial identities of Latinx students enrolled in Summer Remediation courses: A multi-site Case Study.” Presented at the Latina/o Studies Association Biennial Conference in Washington, D.C.

    Apr 2018
    Davis, Erika. “(Mis)Representation of Latin@s in Florida Social Studies Standards.” Presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the Social Sciences in Gainesville, FL.

  • Feb 2024

    Davis, Erika. “Engaging Southside Youth: Authentic Community Care and Youth Empowerment.” Invited talk at Northampton Community College Fowler Southside Center in Bethlehem, PA.

    Nov 2022
    Davis, Erika. “Confronting the White Renaissance: Educational Advocacy and Gentrification in the New Latinx Diaspora.” Invited talk from the Latin American and Latino Studies department at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA.

    Oct 2022
    Davis, Erika. “Exploring Latinx Educational Advocacy and City Politics.” Invited talk for the UF Synergy Series: Rethinking Local Communities hosted by the University of Florida Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere, over zoom open to the public.

    Sep 2022
    Davis, Erika & Kohler, Brooke. “Cultural Competence, Social Emotional Learning, Trauma-Informed Care, and Mindfulness.” Invited workshop at the Lehigh University America Reads/American Counts Tutor Training in Bethlehem, PA.

    Oct 2021
    Davis, Erika. “‘Improvement’ for Whom? How Discourses of Development Contribute to the Displacement of the Valley’s Growing Latinx Population.” Invited presentation at the Latinx Studies in PA: Research and Community Pathways Symposium hosted by the Institute on Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA.

    Jun 2019
    Davis, Erika. “(Mis)Representation of Latinxs and Latin Americans in Florida Social Studies Standards.” Invited workshop at 7th Annual Hispanic/Latino Studies Institute in West Palm Beach, FL.