Davis,
Tom
After graduating
from the University of Michigan, Tom Davis worked as an actuary,
a computer programmer, and a math and physics teacher in Kenya
with the Peace Corps. He came to Michigan State and earned a
master’s degree in economics before entering the education
policy program. Tom did field research at the port of Mombasa,
Kenya and worked with Somali and Ethiopian refugees in Nairobi.
His research interests include school capital and education
finance, African education development, refugee education, and
school choice.
Awards:
Spencer Research Training Grant Fellowship 2006-07
Summer Research Fellowship 2005
U.S. Department of Education Title VI Foreign Language and Area
Studies Fellowship for Dissertation Research 2000-01
U.S. Department of Education Title VI Foreign Language and Area
Studies Fellowship 1998-99
Fulbright-Hayes Group Projects Abroad, 1998
Ford Foundation/Michigan State University Fellowship
U.S. Department of Eduation Title VI Foreign Language and Area
Studies Fellowship, 1997-98
Publications:
Davis, T.
& Arsen, D., (Under Review) “Taj Mahals or Decaying
Shacks: Patterns in Local School Capital Stock and Unmet Capital
Need.” Peabody Journal of Education.
Davis, T.,
Arsen, D., Clay, T., Devaney, T., Fulcher-Dawson, R., and Plank,
D. (2005) Adequacy, Equity and Capital Spending in Michigan
Schools: The Unfinished Business of Proposal A. Michigan State
University Education Policy Center/Citizens Research Council.
Retrieved from http://www.epc.msu.edu/publications/publications.htm
Presentations:
Davis, T.
(2006) Taj Mahals or Decaying Shacks: Patterns in Local School
Capital Stock and Unmet Capital Need. Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the American Education Finance Association,
Denver, Colorado.
