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Lindsay Davis

Humanities & Arts
Assistant Professor of Teaching
AFFILIATED DEPARTMENT OR OFFICE
History
Humanities and Arts
Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies
EDUCATION
PhD The George Washington University 2018
MA Dartmouth College 2009
BA University of Vermont with Honors 2005
Expert Bio

Professor Davis is a scholar of 20th century U.S. history, focusing specifically on topics of race, gender, legal history, and critical prison studies.

Research areas/Expertise
gender
gender studies
legal studies
social justice
Women's Studies
project-based learning

Media Coverage

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The Academic Minute
Projects Narrow Self-Efficacy Gaps for Women

In The Academic Minute podcast, Lindsey Davis, assistant professor of teaching in the Department of Humanities and Arts, describes a WPI alumni survey which found women attributed significantly greater gains in self-efficacy to their project work at WPI than men did. The findings suggest project-based learning as a method to recruit and retain women in STEM.

 

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