John Davies

John Davies is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Temple University's College of Liberal Arts, specializing in Intellectual Heritage programs. His teaching emphasizes critical analysis of 'big questions' in human existence, societal roles, and global impact.

• Education: B.F.A. from Kutztown University, M.A. in History from Millersville University, Ph.D. in History from the University of Delaware

Davies focuses on the Haitian Revolution, African-American communities, and slavery studies. His research includes revising his dissertation Class, Culture, and Color: Black Saint-Dominguan Refugees and African-American Communities in the Early Republic for publication. He has contributed an article to the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography and an essay on slave communities in early national Philadelphia to New Directions in Slavery Studies: Commodification, Community, and Comparison.