Background
Davis, James Henry was born on August 6, 1932 in Effingham, Illinois, United States. Son of Kenneth E. and Forest (Naylor) Davis.
Davis, James Henry was born on August 6, 1932 in Effingham, Illinois, United States. Son of Kenneth E. and Forest (Naylor) Davis.
Bachelor of Science, University Illinois, 1954. Master of Arts, Michigan State University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Michigan State University, 1961.
Assistant instructor psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1959-1960; instructor psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., 1960-1961; assistant professor psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., 1961-1965; associate professor psychology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio., 1965-1966; visiting associate professor psychology, Yale University, New Haven, 1966-1967; visiting associate professor psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, 1967-1968; associate professor, University of Illinois, Champaign, 1968-1970; professor psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, 1970-1997; professor emeritus psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, 1997. Fellow Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, 1987-1988.
Served with United States Army, 1954-1956. Fellow American Psychological Society. Member Psychonomic Society, Midwestern Psychological Association, Society Experimental Social Psychologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Society Mathematics Psychology, Sigma Xi.
Married Elisabeth Bachman, June 27, 1954. Children– Stephen J., Kristin E., Leah E.