The Compleat Teacher-Scholar: An Interview with Stephen F. Davis

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Stephen F. Davis is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Emporia State University. He served as the 2002–2003 Knapp Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences at the University of San Diego. Currently, he is Distinguished Guest Professor at Morningside College and Visiting Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Texas Wesleyan University. Since 1966, he has published more than 300 articles and 28 textbooks, and has presented more than 900 professional papers; the vast majority of these publications and presentations include student coauthors. He has served as president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP; Division 2 of the American Psychological Association [APA]), Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Southwestern Psychological Association, and Psi Chi. In addition, he received the first Psi Chi Florence L. Denmark Faculty Advisor Award. He is a fellow of APA Divisions 1 (General), 2 (STP), 3 (Experimental), and 6 (Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology), and a recipient in 1988 of the American Psychological Foundation's (APF) Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award. William Buskist is Distinguished Professor in the Teaching of Psychology at Auburn University and a faculty fellow at Auburn's Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. From 2005 to 2007, he served as section editor for The Generalist's Corner section of Teaching of Psychology. He is also a member of the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (NITOP) planning committee. Together with Steve Davis, he has edited 2 volumes on the teaching of psychology: The Teaching of Psychology: Essays in Honor of Wilbert J. McKeachie and Charles L. Brewer (Davis & Buskist, 2002) and Handbook of the Teaching of Psychology (Buskist & Davis, 2005); and together with Barry Perlman and Lee McCann, he has edited Voices of Experience: Memorable Talks From the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (Perlman, McCann, & Buskist, 2005). He has also coedited several electronic books for STP. He is a fellow of APA Divisions 1 (General Psychology) and 2 (STP) and served as president of STP in 2007.