2020 LSA Collegiate Fellow (Afroamerican and African Studies)
About
Justine M. Davis is an LSA Collegiate Fellow in the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS) at the University of Michigan. She will be an assistant professor in DAAS and Political Science beginning in 2022. She holds a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a dual-language master's degree in international affairs, conflict resolution, and civil society development from the American University of Paris and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Prior to completing her PhD, she served as a Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellow in Côte d'Ivoire. Originally from North Carolina, Dr. Davis graduated from Elon University with a bachelor's degree in international studies, African concentration.
Current Work:
Davis' research examines challenges to democratization efforts in post-conflict and weakly institutionalized contexts in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her current book project explores how civil war affects the ability of local civil society organizations to contribute to post-conflict democratization. Through a multi-methods research design, she leverages geographic variation in rebel takeover in Côte d'Ivoire to examine how war shapes local civil society and citizens. She also has projects on preventing electoral violence in new democracies; the role of legislator behavior in party system stability; and how civic education campaigns can reduce support for violence in post-conflict settings. For more information, please visit her website.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Democratization; African politics; political behavior
