Olivia Davis
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Mail code: 7904Campus: Tempe
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Olivia Davis is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with the Rob Walton School of Conservation Futures (SCF) at Arizona State University on establishing resilience, mindfulness, ecological grief, professional wellbeing, and compassionate leadership as core competencies, as well as strategic planning on effective university-practitioner partnerships.
Prior to this work, Olivia completed a postdoc with Dr. Katelyn Cooper working on graduate school mental health interventions for mentors and mentees, and advocates for the normalization and prioritization of graduate student mental health in the sciences and academia, through which she is a co-founder of both Fail-Safe Science and the International Postgraduate Mental Health Alliance. Olivia also received her Ph.D. in Biology at ASU working with Dr. Leah Gerber on endangered species recovery planning and science policy, and still collaborates with the Conservation Innovation Lab within the Center for Biodiversity Outcomes on conservation projects.
Ph.D. Biology (Biology and Society), Arizona State University, 2024
M.Sc. Biology (Biology and Society), Arizona State University, 2021
B.S. Biology, The College of New Jersey, 2019
Courses
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 610 | Intro Resp Conduct Research |
| BIO 610 | Intro Resp Conduct Research |
| BIO 494 | Special Topics |
| BIO 610 | Intro Resp Conduct Research |
| BIO 610 | Intro Resp Conduct Research |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| BIO 495 | Undergraduate Research |
| BIO 494 | Special Topics |
Defenders of Wildlife Center for Conservation Innovation Endangered Species Policy Intenship: https://www.defenders-cci.org/authors/liv-davis/
Environmental Policy Innovation Center Endangered Species Policy and Data Internship: http://policyinnovation.org/team
Olivia was invited to contribute a creative nonfiction piece to High Country News as part of their collection for the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act. Link here: https://www.hcn.org/articles/endangered-species-tending-the-shoots-of-p…
As part of her position as a mental health co-chair for the School of Life Sciences graduate student EBoard, Olivia worked closely with counseling services to bolster graduate student mental health support. Link here: https://studentlife.asu.edu/content/students-support-mental-health-amon…
As part of the Working from Home Series with Mrs. Boltz, created for student e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, Olivia was interviewed to talk about her work in conservation. Link here: https://sites.google.com/aacps.org/wfhwithmrsboltz/home