Background
Davis, Deborah was born on August 25, 1945 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of William Shippen and Deborah (Wood) Davis.
Davis, Deborah was born on August 25, 1945 in Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of William Shippen and Deborah (Wood) Davis.
Bachelor in Political Science, Wellesley College, 1967; Master of Arts in East Asian Studies, Harvard University, 1970; student, University Munich, Germany, 1971-1972; Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Boston University, 1979.
Lecturer department sociology and social work, Chinese U. Hong Kong, 1967-1969;
instructor department English, Tunghai U., Taichung, Taiwan, 1970-1971;
from assistant professor to professor department sociology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, since 1978;
director undergraduate studies East Asian studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1980-1984;
director graduate studies East Asian Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1984-1988;
Willard W. Brown lecturer in comparative cultures school law, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1988-1990;
chair county on East Asian studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1991-1992;
chair department sociology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, since 1992;
research associate Russian Research Center, Harvard University, 1980-1982. Member Executive Committee Yale College, Yale University, 1984-1986, women's studies, 1986-1989, library advising committee, 1987-1989, consultant on library automation, 1987-1989, freedon of expression committee, 1988-1989, readmissions com, 1989-1990. Member NAS Committee on Scholarly Comm. with China, 1985-1992, commission on advanced study inChina, 1985-1986, visiting scholar exchange program, 1987-1989, panel on library automation, 1991-1992.
Member joint commission on Chinese studies American Council Learned Socs., 1987-1992, chair, 1990-1992. Member overseers commission to visit East Asian studies Harvard University, since 1991. Consultant Ford Foundation, 1993.
Member American Sociological Association (commission on committees 1985-1987), Gerontological Society American (task force on China 1986-1989), Association for Asian Studies, Yale-ChinaAssn. (trustee 1982-1988, 91-, commission on programs and projects 1982-1988, vice president 1983-1988, commission on academic exchanges since 1991).