DR. CAMEA DAVIS IS A QUALITATIVE RESEARCHER,POET, AND EDUCATOR WITH A HEART FOR URBAN YOUTH AND COMMUNITIES. SHE EARNED HER DOCTORATE IN social foundations of education, CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY FROM BALL STATE UNIVERSITY. SHE CURRENTLY WORKS AS AN ASSISTANT RESEARCH FACULTY AT GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MIDDLE AND SECONDARY EDUCATION. DAVIS ALSO SERVES AS THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE YOUTH POET LAUREATE PROGRAM, AN INITIATIVE OF URBAN WORD, AN AWARD-WINNING YOUTH LITERARY ARTS AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.  HER RESEARCH INTERESTS INCLUDE POETIC INQUIRY, Collaborative ETHNOGRAPHY, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHER EDUCATION, AND YOUTH civic engagement.