Dr. Jeffrey Davis
Professor · Tenured
Department of Political Science
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
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About
Jeffrey Davis is a Professor in the Political Science Department at UMBC. He has taught human rights law, constitutional law, international law, national security law and comparative law. He is the author of Constitutional Indifference: How U.S. Courts Violate the Rights of America’s Children (Palgrave MacMillan 2026); Seeking Human Rights Justice in Latin America (Cambridge University Press 2014), and Justice across Borders: The Struggle for Human Rights in U.S. Courts (Cambridge University Press 2008). Professor Davis has also published articles on human rights accountability, the inter-American human rights system, and judicial decision making in several journals.Research interests
Human rights enforcement, national security and human rights law, constitutional law.Teaching interests
Human Rights Law, Constitutional Law, National Security Law, Counter-Terrorism Law, Refugee Law, International Law, Constitutional LawEducation
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Ph D, Political Science
— Georgia State University (2002) Judicial Independence and the High Court Protection of the Right to Equality
- JD, Law — University of Georgia (1994)
- BA, Spanish, International Studies, Political Science — University of Richmond (1990)