Academic Career
Roderick McDavis began his academic career as an undergraduate at Ohio University, where he earned a B.A. He participated on the men's varsity track team. He later completed both an M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in higher education at different universities. He was a professor of education in the Department of Counselor Education at the University of Florida from 1974–1989 and an associate dean of the graduate school and minority programs at the University of Florida from 1984–1989. He served as dean of the College of Education and professor of counselor education at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, from 1989–1994 and as director of the Arkansas Academy for Leadership Training and School-Based Management from 1992–1994. He was dean of the College of Education and professor of education at the University of Florida from 1994–1999.
McDavis subsequently served as provost and vice president for academic affairs and professor of education at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., from 1999–2004.
McDavis became the 20th president of Ohio University on July 1, 2004. He is the first African American and only the second alumnus to lead Ohio University as president. He is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
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