Bill Davis

Bill Davis joined the Office of the Provost in 2021 and serves as vice provost for accreditation and education policies.

Bill earned his BA degree from Drury College in Springfield, MO in 1994, and a MS in Chemistry (1995) and PhD in Chemistry (1999) from Northwestern University. From 1999-2001 he was an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow in Munich, Germany, and in 2001 he started his faculty career at WSU.

Bill’s current research interests focus on the impacts of classroom and laboratory pedagogy on student learning outcomes in large enrollment courses. He is also active in developing innovative programs that lead to the transformation of both individual faculty and departments/institutions engaged in life sciences education, work facilitated by his efforts as a PULSE Vision & Change Leadership Fellow, the AAC&U-Project Kaleidoscope Summer Leadership Institute, and the Mobile Summer Scientific Teaching Institutes.

Before his current Vice Provost role, Bill was the Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies in SMB (2009-2018), the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Veterinary Medicine (2012-2020), and most recently the Vice Provost for Academic Engagement and Student Achievement (2021-2026).