Millicent Davis

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Millicent G. Davis

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Biography

University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign - African-American Studies

Artist, Educational Consultant, Independent Scholar
Amira Millicent
Davis, EdM, PhD
Greater Chicago Area
PhD in Educational Policy Studies. EdM in Curriculum and Instruction. Graduate concentration in African American Studies with coursework in Cultural Studies. I conducted postdoctoral research on supplementary Saturday schools. My research interests are Africana Studies, curriculum and pedagogy, critical race theory, Africana women's gender paradigms, African Diasporic arts production and performance. I am also a mother and grandmother.

I offer the following services:
- Educational consultant specializing in African-centered curricular and pedagogical models
- Multigenerational arts and literacy, programs
- Crafting workshops
- Cultural performances
- Educator professional development
- Mothering coach


Experience

    Education

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

      Educational Policy Studies, Critical Race Theory and African American Studies

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      Postdoctoral Research Associate


      Researched supplementary education, e.g. Saturday Schools, for communities of African descent in U.S. Midwest and London, England.

    • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

      Visiting Lecturer, Department of African American Studies


      Lecturer: Afro 101/Hist 174, Black America: 1619 - Present Afro 342/Soc 325, Black Men and Masculinities

    • University of Illnois at Urbana

      PhD

      Educational Policy Studies

    Publications

    • Jalimusa: An Epic Tale of Black Motherhood

      Bahar Publishing

      Using stories of real and fictional Black mothers, Jalimusa explores issues of culture, representation, education, advocacy, spirituality, research, eldermotherhood, and reproduction. The book challenges dominant narratives of Black motherhood by deploying critical race and Black feminist theory that privilege storytelling as a medium for broadening understanding and galvanizing support.

    AFRO 174

    4.5(1)