Kim Davis

Kim Davis is an Assistant Professor of History at Principia College, specializing in transnational history and cultural repatriation. She holds an MA in History from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Scholarly Interests: Davis focuses on the re-indigenization movement, particularly repatriation of cultural resources in museums, and modern China's patriotic education movement. Her work emphasizes ethical leadership and critical thinking through primary source engagement.

Publications and Presentations: Recent contributions include analyses of national memorial landscapes and controversies, with a focus on Hawaiian and American monuments. She has presented at the American Historical Association's Pacific Branch Conference and the Annual American Studies Forum.

Awards and Honors:

• Best Master’s Thesis, History Department, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2009)
• Best Graduate Paper, Phi Alpha Theta Regional Committee, Honolulu, HI (2009)
• Herbert F Margulies Award for Best Paper in American History (2003)