Dr. Stephanie Davis
Dr Stephanie Davis [she/her/dey/dem] is a scholar-activist, Black queer troublemaker, and (fiercely) critical psychologist. She is a Senior Lecturer in Critical Psychology and Race at Nottingham Trent University. Her interests include critical and community psychology; anti/post/decolonial, black feminist and queer theory; the intersections of race, gender, sexuality and how these shape subjectivity; social transformation and activism; LGBTQ+ youth and mental health; and the possibilities of the margins and the borderlands.
Stephanie's research is heavily influenced by her involvement in activism and liberation struggles within her communities. She has previously worked in a community development and activist capacity on issues of sexual health with young people and Black and brown communities and on issues facing her local community such as police harassment and gender and sexual diversity. In 2013, she co-founded Rainbow Noir, a social support and organising space for queer and trans people of colour (QTPOC) in Manchester.
Stephanie was a Research Officer on the NIHR-funded project Queer Futures 2. She has previously held Lectureships at the University of Brighton and the University of East London. As an educator she is inspired by bell hooks’ ‘education as the practice of freedom’ and strives to create learning environments with her students that encourage openness, dialogue, debate, and critical thinking. As a scholar-activist she is excited by the possibilities of working both within academia and beyond its boundaries.
Stephanie is currently developing research into prison abolition and transformative justice practices. Her monograph 'Queer and Trans People of Colour in the UK: Possibilities for Intersectional Richness' will be published by Routledge in late 2022.