About Me

Dr. Davis is a second-generation activist who is passionate about discovering how to end violence perpetration in romantic and intimate relationships. She primarily studies people who act abusively and interventions that are designed to help them change. As a scholar of intimate partner violence and abuse (IPV/A), she is particularly focused on interventions, outside of the criminal system, to assist Black and Latino men in ending abusive behaviors in their romantic relationships. 

In 2021, Dr. Davis was named Chancellor’s Scholar for Inclusive Excellence in Intimate Partner Violence Prevention and Intervention at Rutgers University, where she serves as an Assistant Professor of Social Work and core faculty member with the Center for Research on Ending Violence. Her research and national work have received support from organizations including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Louisville Institute, Catholics for Family Peace, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

The majority of Dr. Davis' published studies and work in progress purposefully utilizes a community-engaged research approach, which Dr. Davis views as a gold-standard in centering the voices of historically oppressed populations in contemporary research.