Christopher Davis

Dr. Davis is Assistant Professor of Business Administration and Director of Esports for Waynesburg University. He currently teaches business data analytics, introductory mathematics, and esports management.

He has led the Yellow Jacket esports program to three national championships and has a very impressive overall record of 268-209-6 across all game titles which includes four conference championships and four consecutive winning seasons.

Prior to coming to Waynesburg, he had a 22-year long career in the information technology field. While serving as Chief Information Officer at Virginia Wesleyan University (now Batten University) in Virginia Beach, he founded and coached the university’s esports program.

He is also a certified public school teacher in the state of Pennsylvania in the areas of Social Studies and Instructional Technology.

Dr. Davis currently lives in Washington, PA with his wife, Jennifer, and their six children, two of whom attend Waynesburg.

Bernauer, J. A., Davis, C. T., & Tomei, L. A. (2012). Integrated readiness matrix: A synergy of pedagogy and technology for educational leadership. In V. C. X. Wang (Ed.), Technology and Its Impact on Educational Leadership: Innovation and Change (pp. 152-171). doi: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0062-1.ch013.

Bernauer, J. A., Davis, C. T., & Tomei, L. A. (2011). Integrated readiness matrix: A new model for integrating pedagogy and technology into higher education faculty development. In V. C. X. Wang (Ed.), Encyclopedia of E-Leadership, Counseling, and Training. (pp. 171-187). doi: 10.4018/978-1-61350-068-2.ch013.

Davis, C. T. (2011). The appropriate sequencing of content when training higher education faculty to teach online courses (Doctoral dissertation). Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA.

Powell, V. J. H., Johnson, R. S., Davis, C. T., Turchek, J. C., Powell, J. C. (2008). Designing hands-on network instruction using virtualization. The Proceedings of CELDA 2008, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

Powell, V. J. H., Turchek, J. C., Wu, P. Y., Franzi L. C., Johnson, R. S., Parker, I. W., and Davis, C. T. (2007). VLabNet: A virtual laboratory environment for teaching networking and data communications. The Proceedings of ISECON 2007, 24, 1542-7382.

Powell, V. J. H., Johnson, R. S., Turchek, J. C., Davis, C. T., Wu, P. Y., Parker, I. W. (2007). VLabNet: The integrated design of hands-on learning in information security and networks. The Proceedings of the 2007 Information Security Curriculum Development Conference, Kennesaw State University.

B.S. Psychology, Clarion University; B.S.Ed. Secondary Education, Clarion University; M.S.Ed. Instructional Technology, Duquesne University; Ph.D. Instructional Management and Leadership, Robert Morris University