Davis, Charles R. 1945–

PERSONAL: Born January 16, 1945, in Hampton, VA; son of Cecil R. (a certified public accountant) and Fronda B. (a homemaker) Davis; married Terry B. McKenna, 1963 (divorced, August, 1979); married; wife's name Raymonda Carolyn (a clerk); children: Kimberly Davis Ingram, Charles Robert. Ethnicity: "Welsh/Cherokee." Education: University of Louisville, B.A., 1973; University of Kentucky, M.A., 1975, Ph.D., 1985. Politics: "Populist." Religion: Church of Christ. Hobbies and other interests: Travel, reading history, Hellenistic Greece and the Roman republic, literature of the American old west.

ADDRESSES: Home—417 Browns Bridge Rd., Hattiesburg, MS 39401. Office—Department of Political Science, 422 Liberal Arts Bldg., University of Southern Mississippi, Box 5108, Hattiesburg, MS 39406. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Kentucky Cabinet for Human Resources, Frankfort, policy analyst, 1982; Commonwealth of Kentucky, Frankfort, principal research analyst for Kentucky Diabetes Program, 1981–85; Jefferson Community College, Louisville, KY, instructor in political science, 1975; University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, assistant professor, 1986–91, associate professor, 1991–96, professor of political science, 1996–. Member of editorial board, International Journal of Organizational Theory and Behavior, 1997–.

MEMBER: International Society for the Study of European Ideas, American Political Science Association, American Association of University Professors, Southern Political Science Association, Mississippi Political Science Association, International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.

WRITINGS:

Organization Theories and Public Administration, Praeger (Westport, CT), 1996.

Contributor to periodicals, including Administration and Society, Polity, and International Journal of Public Administration.

WORK IN PROGRESS: The Publicness of State-Supported Universities (tentative title); research on bureaucracies in the United States, focusing on alienation, rationalization, and organizational instruments of the contemporary state.

SIDELIGHTS: Charles R. Davis once told CA: "My basic motivation for writing is an interest in public organizations and participatory citizenship that has been cultivated over time and a desire to develop it in writing for the elucidation of fellow professionals in the field and for others. The major influences on my writings have been democratic political theorists and philosophers. Specifically influential are Sheldon Wolin and Alistair MacIntyre. My original inspiration emerged from a longstanding interest in classic democracy of the Greek city-states, particularly with regard to citizen participation in policy-making. Later inspiration came from the radical politics and student movements of the 1960s."