Press Release
For further information, contact:
Barbara Morse, Director
Leesburg Public Library
100 East Main Street
Leesburg, FL 34748
352-728-9790
Beacon College and Leesburg Public Library present Dr. Donn Davis
The Beacon College Global Awareness Program is proud to present Howard University Professor Donn G. Davis, who will give a presentation on “Global Affirmative Action Policies: U.S. A., Brazil and Malaysia.” This program will take place on Sunday, September 14 at 2:00 p.m. in the Leesburg Public Library, 100 E. Main St. The event is part of a series of lectures on global awareness sponsored by Beacon College in Leesburg.
Dr. Donn G. Davis is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (PhD) and the Yale Law School (MSL). He also holds advanced, graduate level professional development certification in legislative training from the Congressional Research Service. He is currently an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of political science at Howard University in Washington, DC. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate level courses in the areas of constitutional law, judicial and legislative process, Presidential policymaking and black politics.
His present research interests include problems and issues related to law and society, especially the impact of the erosion of race-based remedial social policies in the post-Civil Rights Era and the continuing debate over Affirmative Action policies and programs in the US. His research in this area has recently been expanded to study and comparative analyses of socio-economic equity, equalization, and remedial policies and programs stemming from historical oppression in the societies of four (4) different countries: U.S. A., Brazil, Malaysia, and South Africa.
Dr. Davis also teaches and conducts research in the areas of Congress and the Presidency, American Institutions, black political ideology, and democracy and human rights under post-colonial regimes in the Third World.
Professor Davis was a Senior Legislative Director and counselor for a full committee of the United States Congress for fifteen (15) years. In this capacity he conducted research, wrote legislation, organized legislative and oversight hearings, and advised Members of Congress on the rules and procedures necessary to bring legislation before the full House of Representatives. Among specialists and colleagues, his expertise in the area of legislative politics and procedures is well recognized and highly regarded. Professor Davis has also designed and supervised constituent service programs for individual Members of Congress, and he has lectured on this subject to government officials, party members and the newly elected Members of legislatures in recently democratized and emerging democracies throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe.
The program is being hosted by the Leesburg Public Library. It is free and open to the public. For further information, contact Library Director Barbara Morse at 352-728-9790.
