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Marilyn R. Davis is the Director of The Montclair State University Network for Educational Renewal (MSUNER), an interdisciplinary infrastructure for school/university/community partnerships to practice simultaneous renewal of PreK-12 Teaching & Learning and MSU Teacher Preparation from induction to advanced professional development.

Ms. Davis is the Montclair State University, “boundary spanner” situated in a “third space” between the university, PK-12 settings, and community. She is not bound solely by the traditions or responsibilities of any one institution. Her work focuses on elevating systems and practices to enhance the learning of all involved in the collaborative process of teaching and learning.

She began her higher education career at the University of New Mexico (UNM), College of Education in 1988, and earned a Master of Educational Leadership in school/university collaboration, state and federal budgeting, and school finance. Marilyn Davis became an AACTE PhD. Holmes Scholar in 2001, and subsequently became the Director and Liaison for the UNM College of Education Professional Development Partnerships; the Institute for Professional Development; a Steering Committee Member of the Cognitive Coaching Collaborative in Albuquerque Public Schools (a Lucent Foundation Project), a Board Member of Elev8 Community Schools, Associate Director, of the University of New Mexico Research Service Learning Program, and Director of the University College, Vice President's Development Foundation for Research Service Learning. She served as contract developer/negotiator and principal investigator of more than $20 million in annually contracted funds in the College of Education, UNM/Albuquerque Public Schools Professional Development Partnership, to prepare teachers and strengthen and sustain programs for experienced teachers in school districts along the Middle Rio Grande corridor of New Mexico (1990 - 2004).

In 2004 she returned to her home state of New Jersey and joined Montclair State University, Center of Pedagogy, to Direct the New Jersey Consortium for Urban Education (NJCUE). NJCUE included five school districts under state supervision (Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, Paterson, and Trenton), and four colleges of education (Montclair State University the lead institution, Jersey City University, Kean University, and William Paterson University). In this role, she increased teacher licensure participation from 15 students to 45 students annually in special education, mathematics, and science.

Davis joined Zayed University, United Arab Emirates, in 2008, as a doctoral fellow, teaching educational psychology courses and quantitative research methods. She returned to New Mexico in 2012 as a Research Scientist at the UNM College of Education Multicultural Education Center and the Center for Educational Policy Research. Davis’s current research interests sit in the pre-service and teacher educators' understandings and perception of equity as linked to teacher beliefs and practices working with students of life-interrupted formal education in learning settings.

Marilyn's early learning experiences began as a corporate legal secretary, followed by 10 years of ownership of importation and sales of commercial textiles for the commercial architecture and interior design industry. She is a lifelong yogic philosophy practitioner and teacher (1974-present).

Research Practice:
Contributing Researcher: Elev8 Community Schools (Atlantic Philanthropies Funded Program Evaluation),
Lead Research Scientists: Alternative Paths to Healthcare Certification (Workforce Development Fund (TAACCT). Program Evaluation of 13 participating New Mexico Community Colleges.

Specialization

Davis, M. R., & Hassan, A. A. H. A. (2013). Teaching for service learning and community leadership in the United Arab Emirates, Collective Efficacy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Leadership (Advances in Educational Administration, Volume 20).
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/S1479-3660(2013)0000020007/full/html

Davis, M., Jaber, M. A., AlSumaiti, R., & Williams, B. (2016). Emiratiyat Embracing a Shifting World: Ways of Knowing Leadership in the United Arab Emirates, Racially and Ethnically Diverse Women Leading Education: A Worldview (Advances in Educational Administration, Volume 25).

Davis, M. R. (2008). Executive Producer. Changing the culture of learning and giving at UNM:
The undergraduate research service-learning program at the The University of New Mexico, DVD Multimedia Presentation
The 1st White House Conference on Faith-Based and Community Organizations
The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Davis, M. R. (2003). Executive Producer. The Diverse Faces of Partnership: The APS/UNM Exchange of Services Collaborative Partnership, Video Multimedia Presentation
The Fifth Annual Holmes Partnership Conference
Presented by: Dean Viola Florez, College of Education, University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Certificates: Anderson School of Management Business Administration Program (1990)
Center for East/West Transformation: Yoga Instructor (1994)

Graduate Program Content Completion:
1. MA Educational Leadership: School Finance and School/University Partnerships
2. Ph.D. Language Literacy & Sociocultural Studies: Educational Theory/Qualitative Research Methods
3. Ph.D. Educational Psychology: Human Development and Quantitative Research Methods
4. Ph.D. Teacher Education and Teacher Development:(In Proposal/ABD Status)

Specializations:
1. Transformational Leadership and Educational Alchemy
2. ADL: Anti-Racism "Training the Trainer" Facilitator Certification
3. Certified: Contract and Grant Writer, Funding, and Administration
4. University/Community-based Participatory Research Service Learning Developer (National and International)
5. Community Schools and Historical Neighborhoods Organizer (New Mexico: 1994 - 2004)
6. Family Finance Advisor: Albuquerque, NM Habitat for Humanity (1994 - 1998)
7. Educational Missionary: Equatorial Guinea (1999 - present)

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• New Jersey Consortium for Urban Education