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Dr. Shannon N Davis is an Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs at George Mason University - Korea since 2021. She holds a PhD in Sociology from North Carolina State University (2004) and has been a faculty member in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at George Mason University. Her research focuses on gender ideologies, family dynamics, work-family interfaces, and undergraduate research mentorship. She has received multiple awards for mentoring, including the 2012 OSCAR Mentor Award and the 2018 Kathleen S. Lowney Mentoring Award.
Dr. Davis’s work examines how gender inequality is reproduced in families and higher education. She has published extensively on housework division, gender role attitudes, and the role of undergraduate research in diversifying academia. She has supervised eight doctoral dissertations, including studies on work-family conflict among immigrant families and LGBTQ+ issues in policing.
Her academic contributions span over 50 peer-reviewed articles and two books: Why Who Cleans Counts (2020) and Gender in the Twenty-First Century (2017). She has secured grants totaling over $400,000, including a Corporation for National and Community Service grant studying civic engagement in diverse cities.
- Education: BA (UNC Asheville, 1997), MS/PhD (NC State, 2000/2004)
- Key Affiliations: Chair of GMU Faculty Senate (2019–2021), Carolina Population Center Postdoc (2004–2006)
- Labs/Teams: Leads interdisciplinary research on work-family dynamics and undergraduate mentorship programs
