Cecily Davis

Cecily D. Davis, BSW, MSW (Beloved) is a research-to-practice scholar focused on engaging in supporting positive racial identity development and antiracist practices through scientific inquiry, teaching, service, community-engaged research, and collaboration. Cecily is working to advance the field of racial socialization studies in terms of (1) understanding the most essential components of how Black parents effectively socialize their children around issues of racial bias; and (2) how we can develop and implement practice interventions that translate new knowledge into optimal Black youth development. Cecily has extensive micro, mezzo and macro social work practice working with and on behalf of Black communities, families, and children. With 16 years of practice experience, Cecily specializes in developing and sustaining collaborative partnerships with non-profit and for-profit organizations, schools/government agencies, and nationally funded research initiatives. Through these efforts, Cecily has established a strong repertoire of expertise in the areas of intervention development, grant management, organizational leadership, community engagement, and a range of empirical methodologies. Cecily's research and professional experience working with Black communities will inform future work., and from that vantage point Beloved has examined how social work education can redress its own deeply entrenched racialized structures across classroom and field learning contexts. Cecily is committed to building anti-racist praxis with social work students as they engage in eradicating racism in ways that utilize our profession’s common core of theories, skills, and code of ethics.