Timothy Davidson

Timothy Davidson is the Program Coordinator for the Consortium for Emergent Disaster Resilience (CEDR) and a DRLA Fellow and Adjunct Instructor at Tulane University's School of Social Work. He holds a PhD candidacy at Stellenbosch University and teaches a course he helped design, "Path to Funding: Grants, Research, and Community Engagement."

• PhD Candidate, Stellenbosch University
• Master of Science in Disaster Leadership and Resilience, Tulane University
• Master of Social Work, Tulane University
• Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Brigham Young University, Idaho

His research and professional work focus on equity, diversity, inclusion, and resilience in disaster recovery, with a growing emphasis on the role of social workers in climate change. His expertise spans international social work, poverty, homelessness, and food insecurity. Through community-based participatory research, he seeks to dismantle systemic barriers in disaster recovery programs. Though no publications are listed, his work is oriented toward applied research, community engagement, and funding acquisition in social work and resilience.

Timothy has been involved with UNITY, the Continuum of Care lead in New Orleans, where he supervised transitional housing facilities. His current academic and research trajectory emphasizes the integration of social work practice into climate adaptation and disaster resilience frameworks. He has secured funding from the Walmart Foundation for his work. As an Adjunct Instructor, he mentors students in grant writing and community-engaged research, though no formal advisees are listed. He is also active in knowledge dissemination through his personal Linktree and Google Scholar profile.

Outside of academia, Timothy is a fly fishing and fly-tying enthusiast who enjoys seafood and spending time with his family.