Dollie Davis, Ph.D.

Dollie Davis, PhD is the Dean of Faculty at Minerva University, leading faculty development and all hiring, onboarding, training, and staffing.  Dean Davis also leads numerous cross-team initiatives and committees, shaping the educational landscape at Minerva. She is active in research on innovative pedagogy as well as in her field of development economics often presenting at conferences focused on innovative learning, generative AI in higher education and plurality in the field of economics. Prior to her Dean role, Dean Davis taught economics and finance at Minerva university and prior to joining Minerva, she worked as an International Visiting Fellow at a think tank in Taipei, Taiwan. She has also taught in the school of International Relations at the University of Southern California where she earned a PhD in Political Economy.