Welcome to Paul Davis' Campaign

Paul Davis, PhD., a nonpartisan candidate, has shaped higher education for over 50 years. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Utah in Political Science/International Relations and has been teaching for the University of Nevada System for the past 50 years. He’s traveled around the world lecturing and researching international terrorism and Politics. He is a three-time International Fulbright Scholar conducting research in India, Egypt, Israel, Russia, Spain, and France and teaching in Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Greece. He was a selected participant in the United States State Department Scholar-Diplomat Program on National Security in Washington, DC. He was involved in conducting a program on international peace, security, and conflict management for the United States Institute of Peace, also in Washington DC. He is a two-time National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellow in the field of international violence and a two-time National Science Foundation scholar. He has been a professor of Political Science and Anti-Terrorism since 1976 at Truckee Meadows Community College. Since 2004, he has been an adjunct professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for the Graduate Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, teaching the required international terrorism courses.

Community Service

  • He was recognized in 1999 by the Nevada Board of Regents as Professor of the Year for the State of Nevada.

  • In 2000, he was appointed by the Governor of Nevada to serve on the 5- 5-member State Board of Dispensing Opticians.

  • 2002 the Sparks City Council appointed him to serve on the Sparks Centennial Commission.

  • In 2002, Congressman Jim Gibbons appointed him to serve on the anti-terrorism Homeland Security Advisory Board for the State of Nevada.

  • In the Fall of 2003, he underwent training and became a Citizen Homeland Security Council member of Washoe County.

  • In November of 2003, he was appointed by the Washoe County Commission to serve on the five-member Library Board of Trustees.

  • In 2004, he completed training and joined Washoe County Community Emergency Response Team.

  • In 2004, he was also appointed by the Washoe County Commission to serve on the seven-member Animal Control Board.

  • In 2005, he graduated from the Truckee Meadows Regional Citizens Academy and completed the Reno Citizens Institute on Local Government Academy.

  • In 2007, he completed the Washoe County Leadership Academy.

  • In 2009 and 2010 he was appointed to serve on the Washoe County Human Services Board. In 2010, he was a guest at the Turkish Cultural Foundation in Istanbul, Turkey.

Publications

  • 1971. M.A. Thesis: The American Political System and the Role of the Intellectual, San Diego State University.

  • 1977. Ph.D. Dissertation. Presidential Tenure: A Review and Reappraisal, University of Utah.

  • 1978. Teaching and Enjoying Political Science, New Directions in Teaching, (Summer).

  • 1979. Effects of the Twenty-Second Amendment, Presidential Studies Quarterly, (Summer).

  • 1980. The Future of Presidential Tenure, Presidential Studies Quarterly, (Summer).

  • 1981. The Legislative Process, Integrating the Community and the Classroom: A Sampler of Post Secondary Courses (Los Angeles: Far West Laboratory).

  • 1982. Israeli Film, A Seminar Textbook on Ancient and Modern Israel, Jerusalem, Israel: Ministry of Education and Culture.

  • 1989. Co-authored with Leonard Weinberg, Introduction to Political Terrorism, McGraw-Hill Publishers.

  • He co-authored a textbook entitled Introduction to Political Terrorism for McGraw-Hill Publishers.

  • In 2001, the journal Cerebrum: Dana Forum on Brain Science (Summer 2001) published his article entitled The Terrorist Mentality. It was later also republished in the Seventh Edition of Annual Editions: Violence and Terrorism 2004/05 by McGraw-Hill Publishers. Internet Textbook for course on Terrorism for the Division of Continuing Education for the University of Nevada, Reno. http://134.197.77.249/istudy/psc410/.

  • In 2003 he was selected to serve on the Academic Advisory Board for the Annual Editions: Homeland Security Publication by

    McGraw-Hill/Dushkin.

  • In 2009 he was appointed to Wadsworth’s Publishers Political Science Technology Advisory Board and McGraw Hill’s AM GOV and Weapons of Mass Destruction Board of Advisors.

  • In 2009, he was selected to join the American Council of Education College network course review team.

  • 2016, he wrote Does Nevada Deserve Its Early Spot for Voting? CNN.COM. February 18, 2016.  

  • 2021, he wrote The Wall Street Tax Would Hurt Us. LAS VEGAS SUN. May 16, 2021.

  • 2016. Does Nevada Deserve Its Early Spot for Voting? CNN.COM. February 18, 2016. 2003.