Donn Granville Davis – Howard University – College Of Arts - COAS

3/79 to 4/93 United States House of Representatives, Committee on the District ofColumbia, Washington, DCPosition: Senior Legislative Associate Responsibilities: Principal FullCommittee Researcher: researching relevant facts, data collection,analyzing, tracking and drafting legislation, statements and questions;identifying and briefing expert witnesses; briefing Subcommittee andFull Committee chairpersons for legislative and oversight activities.This position involved organizing and controlling both the intellectualand procedural activities necessary for the effective operation of thecongressional legislative process. This included identifying academicand policy experts; interviewing and preparing expert witnesses forlegislative hearings and bill mark-ups. My particular areas of expertiseincluded:Director of Legislation and ResearchEducation (Secondary and University level) IssuesUrban Problems and IssuesManpower Training and Employment IssuesJudicial ReformFull Committee Publications EditorResponsibility for all full committee reports and published material fromcommittee hearings and mark-ups.8/78 to 3/79 Congresswoman Cardiss CollinsPosition: Legislative Director (African and Inter-American Affairs).Identified primary foreign policy issues; conducted research; draftedposition papers for the Member, and directed staff in preparation forlegislative hearings and floor proceedings.1975 to 1978 Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, Department ofGovernment. Member of Graduate Faculty; Member of DepartmentalAdmissions, Curriculum Development, and Financial Aid Committees.Taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in comparative politics(Imperialism and Nationalism – Africa and Asia); Theories and Practiceof Social Justice, and black Politics. Served as department representativeon interdisciplinary curriculum development committee, and as adjunctto African American Research Center. Chaired two (2) and served onseveral graduate degree committees.

Summer, 1975Field Surveys, Research and Writing, Emergency Land Fund, Atlanta,Georgia. Organized field research and study of rural black landownership in Mississippi. Study was centered around organizing efforts,organizational membership, and political participation designed toempower participants and enhance land retention.1970 to 1973 Instructor, Merritt College, Oakland, California, Department of SocialSciences (Courses: American Government and Politics). Taught coursesin American Government and Politics and advised students onrequirements for transferring to four (4) year colleges and universities.1972 Special Consultant, Berkeley, California, Unified School District and PeraltaCommunity College District: Chief Researcher and Writer of African-American Studies Curriculum for Grades K-14. Designed a program forthe sequential introduction of social science courses and materialsregarding African Americans from kindergarten through the first two (2)years of college.1970 Graduate Student Advisor, University of California, Berkeley. Served onCommittee to develop student exchange program with the University ofEast Africa. Co-leader of contact group meeting with officials ofUniversity College, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.1969 to 1971 Associate/Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, Courses in BlackPolitics, Department of Ethnic Studies. While a second year graduatestudent, I offered the first courses on Black Politics to be given atCalifornia, Berkeley. I gave a two (2) part, two semester offeringdivided into the study of theories of Black Politics in America and blackpolitical movements in the twentieth century.Fall, 1968Spring, 1968Teaching Assistant, University of California, Berkeley, Department ofSociology. Served as a teaching assistant for a team-taught sociologycourse dealing with a comparative analysis of the socio-economic andpolitical status of migrant and ethnic groups in America.Co-Author (with Dr. Andrew Billingsley and Dr. George Napper) ofOriginal Ethnic Studies Program, University of California, Berkeley. Iwas a researcher and co-author of the original (and still existing)Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.The program was, and continues to be interdisciplinary. I wasprincipally responsible for development of those courses dealing withblack involvement with government and politics.1968 to 1969 Director/Instructor, Inner-City Student Service Corps, Merritt College,Oakland, California. Developed and directed a seminar group of workstudystudents who were assigned to governmental and community basedpublic service organizations for academic credit.

Invited Lecture: “The American Congress: Organization and PolicyMaking in a Democratic Legislature.” Lecture presented to visitingCroatian Representatives and political party officials at the Ralph J.Bunche International Affairs Center, Howard University.1995 “Preparing the Young to Lead” Government and Politics, Howard University,Journal of the Department of Political Science, Vol. 1, No. IV.1995 Chair: Legislative Politics Section, Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting of theNational Conference of Black Political Scientists (Baltimore, MD).Presenter: “The Present Crisis and the Future Challenge to BlackPolitical Empowerment,” A round table discussion of the implications ofterm limitations, Shaw v. Reno (Re-districting), and the 1994 Mid-TermElections.1994 Presenter: “Political Science as A Vocation,” Panel on PracticalApplications of Political Science, 90 th Annual Meeting of the AmericanPolitical Science Association (New York, NY).Program Author and Associate Coordinator: Congressional BlackCaucus (CBS) Youth Congress. Simulation of Congressional Proceduresand Legislative Activities. (Fall, 1994).Invited Lecture: “Constituent Services in Democratic Government,”Africare Forum for South African Elected Officials (Washington, DC).1986 Changing the Course: Federal Grants-in-Aid Funding, 1964-1983: TheEffects of the Reagan Administration Budget Cuts on the District ofColumbia and Other Urban Centers (research/editor). U.S. GovernmentPrinting Office, No. S-5).1984 The University of the District of Columbia (Judiciary and EducationSubcommittee Oversight, (Author) (U.S. Government Printing Office,No. S-3).Discussant: “Black Politics in the Eighties: New answers to OldQuestions,” Annual Meeting of the American Political ScienceAssociation (Washington, DC).1983 Presenter: “The Legislative Process,” Mental Health Association of theDistrict of Columbia (Washington, DC).1982 Presenter: “The Local and Federal Legislative Process: The District ofColumbia and Congress,” First Annual Legislative Conference, D.C.Commission for Women (Washington, DC).

1980 to 1983 Problems in Urban Centers, Washington, DC and the FederalGovernment’s Role (ed.), Vols. I and II, U.S. Government PrintingOffice. (Research and Hearings on Washington, DC, Philadelphia, PA,Los Angeles, CA and Houston, TX).1981 Moderator: “Equality: an Appropriate Goal for the black American?” TheOliver Cromwell Cox Lecture Series, Kennedy School of Government,Harvard University (Cambridge, MA).1979 Presenter: “Domestic Neo-Colonialism and Black Political Leadership,” Panelon “The Future of Black Political Leadership,” Black Elected Officialsand the Black Community,” 1979. Annual Meeting of the NationalConference of Black Political Scientists (Washington, DC).1979 Invited Lecture: “Management and Leadership in the Public PolicyProcess: Preparing Issues and Building Support for the LegislativeAgenda.” A lecture seminar organized and presented for the U.S. Officeof Personnel and Management (OPM).1978 Chair and Presenter: Minority Politics Panel: “Affecting Change ThroughLeadership.” Annual Meeting of the Southwest Political ScienceAssociation (Houston, TX).“The Private Self and the Public Process: (Review of Julius Lester, All isWell. UMOJA (University of Colorado, Boulder, CO).”Image/Symbol Control, Authority, and the Black Arts,” The Journal ofBlack Art.1977 Presenter: “Understanding Protest and Institutions in the BlackCommunity,” 1977. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political ScienceAssociation (Chicago, IL).Keynote Speaker: “Crime: A People’s Problem.” Texas Committee forthe Humanities and Public Policy, L.B.J. School of Public Affairs (TheUniversity of Texas at Austin).1974 “Purging Black Political Leadership in a ‘Progressive’ Town,” Review ofBlack Political Economy.1972 “The American Crucible: Black Identity and the Search for NationalAutonomy,” in Black Political Life in the United States, LennealHenderson, (ed.).1969 “The Black University: In Peril Before Birth” (A Response to VincentHarding), Black World (Negro Digest).1967 “Alas, Poor James (Meredith),” The Californian.

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND WORK IN PROGRESSBooksOnly Permanent Interest: The Future of Black Politics in AmericaA Well Founded Fear: Progressive Politics After the Movement YearsArticles“Meritocracy, Colorblindness, and Affirmative Action: The End of Remedial Public Policy?“The Politics of Serving 536 Masters, Washington, DC and the U.S. Congress”“Popular Culture, Black Politics and Recent History”MembershipsMember, American Political AssociationMember, National Conference of Black Political ScientistsMember, TransAfricaPast Member, Editorial Board (1992-1993), National Review of Political ScienceREFERENCES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST