Mendi Davis
Research Specialist III
Education
  • Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership
Programs Taught
  • Advanced Graduate Certificate in Leadership
  • Doctor of Business Administration with an Emphasis in Data Analytics
  • Doctor of Business Administration: Data Analytics (Qualitative Research)
  • Doctor of Business Administration: Data Analytics (Quantitative Research)
  • Doctor of Business Administration: Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship (Qualitative Research)
Classes
  • DIS-955: Dissertation I
  • DIS-960: Dissertation II
  • DIS-965: Dissertation III
  • DIS-966E: Research Continuation I
  • DIS-967E: Research Continuation II
Research Interests
  • Mindfulness practices, stress, transpersonal
  • Teacher self-efficacy, leadership style, school culture, student retention, and student self-efficacy
Publications
  • McCann, K.M. & Davis, M. (2018).  Self-transcendence, mystical experience, transliminality, and dissociation:  A quantitative investigation. Journal of Transpersonal Research, 10(1), 9-16.

  • McCann, K. M. & Davis, M. (2018).  Mindfulness and self-efficacy in an online doctoral program: Quantitative investigation. Journal of Institutional Research, 7, 33-39.

  • Davis, M. (2019). The relationship between distributed leadership, school culture, and teacher self-efficacy. Canyon Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 7(1), 6-14.

  • Davis, M. & Winter, R. (2019). Team teaching the active way: A case study about the student learning experience. Journal of Institutional Research, 8, 34-39.

  • McCann, K.M. & Davis, M.. (2020). “As raw as it can be, like vulnerable and unapologetic”: A qualitative study of mystical experience in ordinary life..
Licenses / Certificates
  • Arizona Teaching Certificate
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