Degrees:
BA in Sociology 1988 The Ohio State University
BA in Women’s Studies 1988 The Ohio State University
MA in Sociology 1990 The Ohio State University
PhD in Sociology 1996 The Ohio State University

Areas of specialty: Women as Offenders, Violence Against Women, Homicide

Classes you usually teach: I regularly teach Sociology Methods I and II, Women, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System, Violence and the South, Deviance, and Women's Studies.

Plans:
In Spring 2008 I am teaching Sociology of Murder. My book on the subject was just pubished.

Learn more about Dr. Davies book on Murder here.

To read an article about Dr. Davies, click here.

Favorites:
Books: Autobiography of Malcom X, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, The Fifth Child, The Summer Before the Dark and Martha Quest by Doris Lessing, I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman and for fun I'm starting to get into Bill Pronzini's Nameless Detective Stories!

Films: Omega man, Crash, Set It Off, and Thelma and Louise.

Music: Outkast, Scissor Sisters, ol' school Salt & Peppa, The Killers, Joan Armatrading, and Mechelle Ndgecello.