Mike Davis, Ph.D., has joined the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) as a Program Officer in the Directorate for STEM Education. Davis returns to the agency, where he previously served as a Program Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education, and will support efforts to build institutional capacity, strengthen STEM infrastructure, and develop the nation’s STEM workforce.
I am rejoining a talented team of professionals that support STEM education innovation and talent development in all formal and informal education settings. I hope to leverage my 25 years of community college experience in helping the NSF to invest in improving our country’s STEM infrastructure, and developing the STEM workforce.
About Mike Davis
Davis brings more than 25 years of community college experience to the role. Most recently, he served as Dean of Math, Science, Technology, and Business at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA). Earlier, he was Academic Chair of Natural Science at St. Petersburg College and a professor of chemistry and education at Truman College.
An advocate for science outreach, Davis has given public science presentations for more than 100,000 children and parents over the past two decades. He holds a Ph.D. in math and science education from the Illinois Institute of Technology and an M.S. in chemistry from Northwestern University.
About the National Science Foundation
NSF is an independent federal agency established by Congress in 1950 to support science and engineering across the United States. It carries out its mission chiefly through grants, and its investments account for about 25% of federal support for basic research at the nation’s colleges and universities.
