Faculty Biography - Nanette J. Davis

Visiting Professor
Sociology Department
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA 98225-9081
Arntzen Hall 507
(360) 650-7522
Fax: 360-650-7295
nanettej@earthlink.net

Nanette J. Davis has spent the last several years as a Visiting Professor. Before joining the faculty at Western, Nanette was instrumental in implementing a new criminal justice program for use at two Chapman University campuses in the Northwest. She has also taught at The University of Sydney Law School, The Flinders University of South Australia and Southern Cross University. Previously, she taught for more than 18 years at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon.

Over the course of her career, Nanette has received numerous grants for studies on youth, homelessness, women, domestic violence and curriculum development. While a Senior Fulbright Scholar, she began an extensive research project in Australia, conducting interviews of homeless young women and the social welfare agencies that serve them over a three-year period; her findings appear in Youth Crisis. She has worked as a consultant to federal, state and local agencies in the U.S., as well.

Nanette, who received her Ph.D. from Michigan State University and completed her post-doctorate studies at Stanford University, brings more than three decades experience as a teacher, writer, advocate, researcher and lecturer. An authoritative source on issues relating to women, families and youth and sociological aspects of sexuality, her scholarly work includes seven books, and over 100 articles, encyclopedia entries, research reports, book chapters, and reviews. She is active in numerous community organizations, including IONS.

Recent Publications

Davis, Nanette J. Youth Crisis: Growing up in the High-Risk Society. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999.

Davis, Nanette J. (editor). Prostitution: An International Handbook on Trends, Problems, and Policies. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1993.

Davis, Nanette J. and Clarice Stasz. Social Control of Deviance: A Critical Perspective. New York: Random House. 1990.

Davis, Nanette J. From Crime to Choice: The Transformation of Abortion in America. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1985.

Davis, Nanette J. and Jone Keith. Women and Deviance: Issues in Conflict and Change. New York: Garland Press, 1984.

Davis, Nanette J. and Bo Anderson. Social Control: The Production of Deviance in the Modern State. New York: Irvington Press, 1983.

Davis, Nanette J. Sociological Construction of Deviance: Perspectives and Issues in the Field. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown, 1975; Second Edition, 1980.