Leona Davis
Leona Davis leads AIR's professional master's degree in Resilience Practice, in partnership with the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Arizona Online. Leona’s prior professional journey includes teaching in K-12 schools, designing and building water harvesting systems, managing community food system programs at the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona, and helping to build and coordinate AIR’s Earth Grant program.
Leona’s areas of interest include environmental leadership education, culturally responsive pedagogy, equitable and accessible program design, and participatory science. Her research has been published in Environmental Health Perspectives, Citizen Science Theory and Practice, and the Journal of Environmental Education.
News Coverage
America Adapts Podcast: Arizona's Climate Change Adaptation Playbook, December 30, 2025
Degrees
- MA, Environmental Learning, University of Arizona
- BS, Natural Resources, University of Arizona