Dr. Corwin Malcolm Davis is a scholar, cultural writer, and third-generation minister whose research engages African Diasporic religiosities, psychologies of religion, feminist and queer theories, and cultural studies. Davis completed his Ph.D. in Person, Community, and Religious Life at Emory University, with a certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. He has been awarded the George W. Woodruff Fellowship, the Centennial Scholars Fellowship, and fellowships from Sacred Writes, the Louisville Institute, and the Forum for Theological Exploration.
Dr. Davis’ research has been featured in print and digital publications, and his teaching spans both religious and academic audiences across the country. He is co-editor of the forthcoming volume At This Time: Dialogues in Theological Education (Eerdmans) and has published articles in Religions, Theology and Sexuality, and Political Theology. His contributions to the academy includes leadership within the Society for Pastoral Theology, service on the steering committee for the Childhood Studies and Religion Unit of the American Academy of Religion (AAR), and a recent plenary presentation for the Academy of Homiletics. Davis has also held leadership roles as Director of the Center for Academic Success at Candler School of Theology and Associate Director of the national “Theological Education Between the Times” project.
Ordained as an Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Dr. Davis has served congregations in Tennessee and New York and currently supports the AME Publishing House as a consultant and project director.
