Courses Taught

• TED 406 – Secondary Cross-Content Literacy
• TED 467 – Secondary Methods I: English/Language Arts
• TED 468 – Secondary Methods II: English/Language Arts
• TED 400 – Introduction to Education
• TED 444 – Assessment

Degrees

• Ph.D. – Educational Psychology, University of Southern California
• M.A. – Education (Curriculum & Instruction), CSU Dominguez Hills
• B.A. – Journalism (English minor), Howard University

Research Projects, Grants & Interests

• Peer Assistance & Review (Consulting), Lynwood Unified School District
• BTSA (Support Provider Facilitator), Compton & Paramount Unified School Districts

Publications \ Presentations

• Davis, J.K., Gundston-Parks, C., & Mullen, M. (2003, October). Teaching Reading at the Secondary Level: Issues in Preparing Cross-Content Area Candidates to Teach Reading in the Subject Areas. Presentation at the California State University Reading Conference: Preparing Teachers to Teach Older Readers and Writers. Los Angeles, CA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (2003). The Mind as a Novel Metaphor. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 7(2), 10-17.
   
• Davis, J.K. (2003, March). The Effects of Textmapping on Reading Comprehension. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the California Reading Association. San Diego, CA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (2003, February). Issues and Answers in Secondary Reading. Presentation at the California State University Conference on Reading. Los Angeles, CA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (2002, September). Instructional Planning for Secondary Literacy. Presentation at CAPI/CPDI’s
  Reading Institute. Carson, CA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (2002, July). Empowering Student in Essay Exams: Writing from the Menu. Presentation at the
  Conference on Literacy and Writing: Making the Connection. National High School Association, California League of High
  Schools & California League of Middle Schools. Maui, Hawaii.
  
   
• Davis, J.K. (2002, May). Reading Strategies for the Social Sciences. Presentation at LAUSD’s Social Studies Literacy Conference, Occidental College. Glendale, CA.
  
   
• Davis, J.K. (2002, April). Five Approaches to Writing in the Social Studies Classroom. Presentation at the Conference on World Politics: Globalization & Labor. The Center for Active Learning in International Studies (CALIS) & LAUSD’s Office of Secondary Instruction, University of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (2001, October). Reading and Writing in the Secondary Mathematics Classroom. Presentation to the faculty at Henry Clay Middle School, LAUSD.
   
• Davis, J.K. (2001, May). Ten Ways to Read a Textbook. Presentation at LAUSD’s Secondary Literacy Conference (District K). Torrance, CA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (2001, January). Does Culture Influence Adolescent Academic Procrastination. Paper presented at the 2001 Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Seattle, WA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (2001, Spring). Using Graduated Summaries with Students. The S.B.A.R.C. Communicator, 5(3).
   
• Davis, J.K. (2000, October). Vocabulary Strategies for Secondary Teachers. Presentation to the South Bay Area Reading Council, Torrance, CA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (2000). Outcome based education in California State University’s Teacher Education Program: An exploration of faculty attempts to align practices with the California Standards for the Teaching Profession. In Teacher Education in the New Millennium: The Quest for Essence. Wheeling, IL: ICET.
   
• Davis, J.K. (2000, April). Two Strategies to Promote Effective Reading and Retention of Material. Paper presented at the Eighth Annual Conference on Undergraduate Teaching & Learning, Torrance, CA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (2000, January). What do I tell them about me?: The effects of ethnicity and ses on ability reporting. Paper presented at the First Annual Conference on the Relevance of Assessment and Culture in Evaluation. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
   
• Davis, J.K. (1999). The effects of culture on high school academic procrastination. Dissertation Abstracts International (citation number pending).
   
• Davis, J.K. (1999, December). Editorial: Qualified teachers. Los Angeles Times, B-5.
   
• Davis, J.K. (1999, Spring). Review: Cultural Psychology: A once and future discipline. American Educational Research Association Language and Social Processes Newsletter, 21(2), 2-3.
   
• Davis, J.K., & Lee, J.V. (1997, April). Promoting critical thinking through the use of metacognitive journals. Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Conference on Undergraduate Teaching & Learning, Carson, CA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (in press). Guided reading strategies for the K-12 classroom. In R.Yopp & G. Thompkins (Eds.) Video Anthology on Literacy Instruction. Boston: Alyn & Bacon.
   
• Davis, J.K. (1996, November). The five hypotheses of language acquisition: A re-application. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council for Black Studies, Carson, CA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (1996, November). Expanding the role of the classroom teacher: Teaching students how to
  learn. Paper presented at the meeting of the California Educational Research Association, Marina Del Rey, CA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (1996, November). Enhancing effective mediation by understanding human motivation. Paper presented at the 8th Annual Interactive Conference of the Southern California Mediation Association, Malibu, CA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (1994, November). Update on the California State University’s Center for African-American Educational Excellence. Paper presented at the meeting of the Council of States, Charleston, SC.
   
• Davis, J.K. (1994, April). Practical research for classroom teachers. Presentation to the meeting of the Los Angeles & Orange Counties’ Offices of Education - Collaborative Action Research Conference, Buena Park, CA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (1994, April). Student choice in the project-centered classroom. Presentation to the meeting of Foxfire/Institute for Democracy in Education, Carson, CA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (1993, December). Interdisciplinary instruction through shared themes. Presentation to the California Region R Partnership, Huntington Park, CA.
   
• Davis, J.K. (1996). Helping you child learn at home. The Long Beach Times, 6(2), 7.
   
• Davis, J.K. (1992). Book Review: Zapp! In Education. Democracy in Education, 7(2), 9.

Professional Associations

• 2003 – present California Professors of Reading/Language Arts (President-Elect)
• 1999 – 2003 South Bay Area Reading Council (President) Torrance, CA
• 1999 - present Association of Teacher Educators
  Reston, Virginia
• 1999 – present National Council of Teachers of English Urbana, Illinois
• 1997 - present Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
  Alexandria, Virginia
• 1993 - present American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  Divisions: Curriculum Studies (division B), Learning and
  Instruction (division C), Measurement and Research Methodology
  (division D), Social Context of Education (division G), School
  Evaluation and Program Development (division H),
  Postsecondary Education (division J), and Teaching and
  Teacher Education (division K).
• 1991 - present International Reading Association, Newark, Delaware
• 1996 - present California Educational Research Association (CERA)
  Concord, California

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