Laura Davis

A Leader in Interdisciplinary Studies

By Kennesaw State University
"Here at KSU, I often worry that we likewise may have students like the one I was - young people who care passionately about international and global learning but who may not have the financial means to do so. The recent pandemic also erected new and formidable barriers to international travel for all students. Thus, getting to teach this course, which functioned a bit like a "virtual study abroad," felt so meaningful and timely. Even for students who cannot afford to travel and/or for all of us who could not travel for so many months due to COVID restrictions, we were able to create an opportunity for students to meet peers from another country and to have deep and challenging dialogue as they learned about each other's cultures and beliefs….The presentations and topics our students studied together included topics as diverse as: Moroccan art and music, queer identities in the U.S. South, gender beliefs and practices of Native American Tribes in the Atlanta region, and gender and religion in Morocco. As we traveled through these diverse topics, students often lit up the discussion board with their comments at such a rate that I had trouble keeping up as moderator. They were highly engaged and wanted to know so much from us as instructors, but even more so from each other as peers."

Dr. Laura Davis is a Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies at Kennesaw State University, where she teaches courses in American Studies, Asian Studies, English Literature, and Gender and Women’s Studies. Dr. Davis has been at Kennesaw State for twenty years, and her research interests and publications most often center on queer studies, gender studies, online learning and pedagogy, and environmental activism. She particularly enjoys teaching courses focused on gender issues in the U.S. South and delivering a course each year focused on Women in the Wild, which explores accessibility for diverse groups of people in outdoor spaces.

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ﻓﻀﺎءﺍﺕ ﺧﺎﺭﺟﻴﺔ.

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Kennesaw State University, “Laura Davis,” Women's Leadership Across the Atlantic: Stories from Morocco and the United States, accessed April 28, 2025, https://womensleadership.kennesaw.edu/items/show/2.

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Published on Feb 3, 2023. Last updated on Mar 20, 2023.