Dr. Ophera A. Davis is a public intellectual, an interdisciplinary social scientist, and an affiliate faculty member who has taught at Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), PWIs, and highly selective higher educational institutions in Boston and Virginia for over 20 years. She was a Women’s Studies Fellow at Northeastern University and the first Black American Freedom Project Fellow at Wellesley. Dr. Davis was a participant in Post-Doctoral Institutes at Harvard, MIT, and Oxford University. At the graduate level Professor Davis taught in Mental Health Counseling at NSU and UConn and she taught undergraduates in Africana Studies and Psychology departments at Wellesley College, Bentley, and Virginia Wesleyan.
Dr. Davis is a disaster expert. Her longitudinal study and book on “Hurricane Katrina Mississippi Black Women Survivors Resilience and Recovery” is the only study on disaster survivors over 10 years in America. She received the American Counseling Association ‘Blue Ribbon’ award for her work.
Dr. Davis’ 18-year career coaching practice, “TheJobDoctor” has provided students and clients with guidance to follow their talent, passion, and dreams so that they can make their impact on the world for the good of all humankind. Dr. Davis’ TV show, ‘TheJobDoctor’, aired in Boston. She is a Nationally Certified Counselor.
An International and Keynote Speaker, Dr. Davis has given conference talks in ‘six continents’ on ‘Hurricane Katrina Mississippi Women Survivors’, ‘Career Counseling Practices in Multicultural Populations’. She is a Diversity Consultant on Black History, Juneteenth, and Kwanza. Dr. Davis earned her Bachelor of Science and Master’s Degree from Jackson State University, an HBCU, in her home state of Mississippi. She earned a Ph.D. from Saint Louis University. Dr. Davis has attended a plethora of workshops, seminars, and conferences in the discipline of Africana Studies over the last 20 years.
Dr. Davis is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. She is an active member of Iota Omega Chapter, where she serves on the social action committee. Dr. Davis still believes in and is committed to the late Rev. Dr. MLK’s dream of equality and equity. She has received several Community Service awards for her work. Her Southern Methodist orientation guides her commitment to social justice. Dr. Davis served as a volunteer in the Big Sister program in several cities. For fun, one of Dr. Davis’ hobbies is walking 5K races.
