Easton Davis (he/him)

Syracuse, NY

Easton Davis is a doctoral candidate in the Cultural Foundations of Education (CFE) department at Syracuse University and is pursuing certificates of advanced study (CAS) in Women’s and Gender studies, and Disability Studies. By centering the well-being of Black bodies, Easton’s research interest seeks to move towards an understanding of racial and emotional embodiment in dialogue when teaching and learning about race and racism. Utilizing a healing justice framework, Easton’s research and work engage Black feminist and dialogic pedagogy as an opportunity for educators and students to unlearn systemic oppression enacted on and through the body and situate the body as a site of reclamation.

“Social justice means preserving life.”