Emily Jane Davis

Davis, Emily Jane

Position Type:
Faculty
Job Title:
Associate Professor (Practice) and Fire Program Director and Principal Investigator of the Northwest Fire Science Consortium
Department:
Outreach and Engagement
Forest Ecosystems & Society
Phone Number:
(541) 520-2688
Email:
EmilyJane.Davis@Oregonstate.edu
CV:
Davis-CV-MARCH-2026.pdf
Program:
Fire Program
Program Website:
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/fire-program
Advising:  Graduate Major Advisor
Website:
Fire Program
Education
B.A., McGill University
M.A., University of British Columbia
Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Research Areas
Integrated Social and Ecological Systems
Research Interests
  • Extension and Science Application
  • Workforce Equity
  • Governance
  • Fire-Adapted Communities
  • Landscape Resilience
Bio
Dr. Davis is departing OSU on June 15th for a position at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. She is not available to serve on committees or accept new graduate students.

To connect with the Extension Fire Program, please contact program manager Carrie Berger (carrie.berger@oregonstate.edu).

For the Northwest Fire Science Consortium, please contact coordinator Autumn Ellison (autumn.ellison@oregonstate.edu) and principal investigator Matt Reilly (matthew.reilly@oregonstate.edu).

For the Hands on the Land project, please contact coordinator Harper Loeb (harper.loeb@oregonstate.edu) and principal investigator Holly Ober (holly.ober@oregonstate.edu).
Graduate Students:
Selected Publications:

  1. Davis, E.J., Bordelon, K., Hossain, Y., Machado, M.A., & Berger, C. 2025. Community Engagement in Fire Preparedness: It’s How that Matters. A Primer for Community Wildfire Practitioners. Oregon State University Extension Catalog, EM#9467. 

  2. Barros, A., Shlisky-Hunt, A., Davis, E.J., & Shults, Patrick. 2025. Wildfire Risk Products: A Technical Review Comparative Review for Pacific Northwest Professionals. Northwest Fire Science Consortium Synthesis Series. 

  3. Braverman, M., Phibbs, S., Davis, E.J., Rau, A., & Penner, E. 2025. Assessing Long-Term Health Impacts from Wildfires in Rural Communities: Roles for Extension in Promoting Wildfire Preparedness and Recovery.  Journal of Extension 63(2): 2. 

  4. Sloan, E., Hajjar, R., & Davis, E.J. 2025. Equity in Resilience: A Case Study of Community Resilience to Wildfire in Southwestern Oregon, United States. Ecology and Society (30): 1. 

  5. Davis, E.J., Wilmsen, C., Machado, M.A., & Alessi, G. 2023. Multiple Stories, Multiple Marginalities: The Labor-Intensive Forest and Fire Stewardship Workforce in Oregon. Fire 6(7): 268.

Extension Title:
Fire Program Director, State Specialist in Wildfire Resilience