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-DECEMBER-2025-FES.pdf
Program:
Fire Program
Program Website:
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/fire-program
Advising:  Graduate Major Advisor
Website:
Fire Program
Other Websites:
Northwest Fire Science Consortium
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 not accepting graduate students for fall 2026
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.D., & 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.

  6. Please contact me for a list of my policy and practitioner-oriented publications.

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