Featured Faculty Friday-Corey Davis
Mar 22nd, 2013 by Ann Ricca
The Featured Faculty for this Friday is Corey Davis! Davis is from the Communication Department and teaches public relations. He has worked as an appropriations analyst for the Illinois Senate and a paid field operative for several political campaigns before coming to UW-Whitewater. Read on to find out more about Davis!
Q: Where are you from?
A: I grew up in two small towns in central Illinois, Laura and Kickapoo-both in rural Peoria County.
Q: What do you do at UW-Whitewater?
A: I teach in the Communication Department, mostly public relations classes. I am also the graduate program coordinator for the M.S. in Communication degree.
Q: What is your favorite thing about UW-Whitewater?
A: I really like the collegiality and the diversity of teaching and research interests among the Communication Department faculty.
Q: What are some of your hobbies?
A: I like hiking, camping, road trips to state and national parks and breweries, taking my kids to museums, watching Chicago pro sporting events (sorry Packers, Brewers, and Bucks fans), watching Mizzou basketball and football, and making fun of cable news. And I recently took up snow-shoeing.
Q: If you could have any superpower what would it be and why?
A: Super speed like The Flash (to get grading done faster).
Q: What’s the best thing that you have ever done that you suggest others try?
A: Meat on swords.
Q: What’s your favorite movie? Book?
A: Movie: Goonies, Dragnet, Empire Strikes Back, or One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. That’s a tough one.
Book: Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72 (by Hunter S. Thompson)
Q: What is your best advice for students?
A: Get involved in something. Read news from multiple sources.
Q: What’s one thing that you want people to know about you?
A: I have credible evidence that the Green Bay Packers are destroying America (not really—or do I?).
Below is Davis’s professional bio:
Dr. Corey Davis is an Assistant Professor and the Graduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Communication at UW-Whitewater, where he teaches courses in public relations, persuasion, and public communication. He received his B.S. and M.S. in communication with a focus on political communication and public relations from Illinois State University and received his Ph.D. in communication from the University of Missouri, where he focused on political campaign communication, media studies, and image repair. Corey’s research interests are in political campaign communication, public rhetoric, and corporate and political image repair. Outside of academia, Corey designed and implemented curriculum and coordinated logistics for high school-aged students at leadership and technology themed conferences ranging in size from 200 to 1,700 students at gatherings in California, New York, and the Washington, D.C. area. Prior to that experience, Corey worked as an appropriations analyst for the Illinois Senate, briefing state senators, including then state Senator Obama, on the policy and political implications of pending budget legislation. He also has been a paid field operative for several political campaigns at multiple levels across the country. Corey lives in Whitewater with his wife and two daughters.
Thank you for being our Featured Faculty for this Friday Corey Davis! Check back next week to see who is next Featured Faculty will be. Have a good spring break!