Trina J. Davis, Ph.D.—President Elect

Trina Davis is Assistant Professor and Director of eEducation in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture at Texas A&M University. She provides leadership on several eEducation initiatives including programs funded by the U.S. Department of Education (R*TEC, PT3 and Transition to Teach), the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board, the Houston Endowment and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In these roles she has designed comprehensive, web-based instructional solutions and worked with hundreds of school districts, preservice teachers and higher education faculty members to provide on-site and on-line professional development. Recently, the eEducation Group, in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine, launched an online accelerated certification program for secondary science teachers. Trina designed the eEmpowerment Zone, an e–learning system which is the primary delivery system for the program.

Trina has served on a host of expert panels and committees at the state and national level. Recently, she served on the 2001 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Minority Leadership Symposium Planning Committee, and was the Co-Chair for the 2002 ISTE Minority Leadership Symposium. Trina Davis currently holds an appointment as Co-Chair of the Texas Education Agency, Educational Technology Advisory Committee (ETAC). In 2002–03, the ETAC developed the Texas STaR Chart for all public school campuses and made major contributions to the Update of the Long Range Plan for Technology for the State of Texas.

Her professional experiences include 13 years in public education, which include teaching middle school and college level mathematics in both urban and rural settings. Davis also served as a nationally recognized Technology Coordinator in the Waller Independent School District in Texas. She has also served as a consultant to numerous school districts, research institutions, and state departments of education. Her recent research interests are in web–based instruction for diverse learners, e–learning environments, and statewide educational technology profile studies, which continue to inform key decision makers.