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Rebecca Davis is an Associate Professor Emerita of Criminal Justice & Criminology She has taught a this subject since 1994. She holds an M.A. from Georgia Southern University and a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law. Davis is the founding and current director of Georgia Southern University’s Office of Pre-Law Advising. Prof. Davis was awarded emerita status on August 1, 2020.
Davis’ scholarship focuses on judicial biography and Fourth Amendment issues. Her latest biography, Justice Leah Ward Sears: Seizing Serendipity, was published in September 2017 by the University of Georgia Press. Davis co-authored the biography Judge Faye Sanders Martin: Head Full of Sense, Heart Full of Gold(Mercer University Press) and has published articles in the Georgia Historical Quarterly, The Justice Professional, Policing: an International Journal of Police Strategies & Management, and the Georgia State Bar Journal.
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Education/Academic qualification
Juris Doctor, University of Georgia School of Law
… → 1992
Disciplines
- American Politics
Research Interests
- American Government
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Constitution Day Poster Competitions
Davis, R. M. (PI)
National Association of Women Judges
01/1/15 → 01/1/18
Project: Research
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Justice Leah Ward Sears: Seizing Serendipity
Davis, R. M., Mar 21 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Justice Leah Ward Sears: Seizing Serendipity
Davis, R. M., Feb 8 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Justice Leah Ward Sears: Seizing Serendipity
Davis, R. M., Mar 30 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Justice Leah Ward Sears: Seizing Serendipity
Davis, R. M., Nov 2 2017.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation
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Justice Leah Ward Sears: Seizing Serendipity
Davis, R. M., Nov 3 2017.Research output: Contribution to conference › Presentation