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ABOUT THE PROFESSOR: 2016

Dr. PAUL DAVIS
Email: davisp775@charter.net
Phone: (775) 673-7213-Office, (775) 358-5252-Home

Paul Davis received his Ph.D. from the University of Utah in International Relations and has been teaching for the University of Nevada System for the past 34 years. He has traveled around the world lecturing and conducting research on international terrorism and Politics. He is a three-time International Fulbright Scholar conducting research in India , Egypt and Israel as well as Russia , Spain and France and teaching in Germany , Italy , Belgium and Greece . He was a selected participant in the United States State Department Scholar-Diplomat Program on National Security in Washington DC and was involved in conducting a program on international peace, security and conflict management for the United States Institute of Peace also in Washington DC . He is a two-time National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellow in the field of international violence and a two-time National Science Foundation scholar. He co-authored a textbook entitled: Introduction to Political Terrorism for McGraw-Hill Publishers.  He was recognized in 1999 by the Nevada Board of Regents as Professor of the Year for the State of Nevada.

In 2000 he was appointed by the Governor of Nevada to serve on the 5 member State Board of Dispensing Opticians. In 2001 the journal Cerebrum: Dana Forum on Brain Science (Summer 2001) published his article entitled The Terrorist Mentality. It was republished in the Seventh Edition of Annual Editions: Violence and Terrorism  2004/05 by McGraw-Hill Publishers. In 2002 he was appointed as a Commissioner to serve on the Sparks Centennial Commission by the Sparks City Counsel. In 2002 he was appointed by Congressman Jim Gibbons to serve on the anti-terrorism Homeland Security Advisory Board for the State of Nevada . In 2003 he was selected to serve on the Academic Advisory Board for the Annual Editions: Homeland SecurityPublication by McGraw-Hill/Dushkin. In the Fall of 2003 he underwent training and became a member of the Citizen Homeland Security Council of Washoe County .

In November of 2003 he was appointed by Washoe County Commission to serve on the five member Library Board of Trustees. In 2004 he completed training and joined the Community Emergency Response Team of Washoe County, Nevada. In 2004 he was also appointed by the Washoe County Commission to serve on the seven members Animal Control Board. Since 2004 he has been an adjunct professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for the Graduate department program in Emergency Management and Homeland Security teaching the required international terrorism courses. In 2005 he graduated from the Truckee Meadows Regional Citizens Academy and also completed the Reno Citizens Institute on Local Government Academy. In 2007 he completed the Washoe County Leadership Academy. In 2009 he was appointed to Wadsworth’s Publishers Political Science Technology Advisory Board and McGraw Hill’s AM GOV and Weapons of Mass Destruction Board of Advisors. In 2009 he was selected  to the American Council of Education College network course review team. In 2009 and 2010 he was appointed to serve on the Washoe County Human Services Board. In 2010 he was a guest of the Turkish Cultural Foundation in Istanbul, Turkey. Finally, he wrote in 2016 the following: Does Nevada Deserve Its Early Spot For Voting? CNN.COM. February 18, 2016.