Dr Lori Leigh Davis

Dr Lori Leigh Davis

Associate Lecturer

Researcher profile

Email
lld2@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Biography

Lecturer in the International Education and Lifelong Learning Institute (IELLI) and the School of Business

Teaching

Current Teaching 

Module Coordinator, Lecturer {Education Focus} and Tutor in the International Education and Lifelong Learning Institute

   - Foundation Programme: [IE0152] Business, [IE0251] Economics and [IE0257] Management & Responsible Enterprise

   - MSc: ET5507/ET5607 Leadership and Management in International Education 
   - MSc: ET5506/ET5606 Organisational Development in International Education 
 
Associate Lecturer {Education Focus} Management Department, School of Business
       - Outreach Programme Lecturer
  • MN2002 Analysis of Financial Data, Lecturer 
  • MN2112 Enterprise and Creativity, Coach
       - MN2901 The Effective Manager, Module Coordinator and Lecturer (As Part of the MA Combined Studies)
  • MN4422 Communication and Public Engagement in Management, Module Coordinator (Alongside ID4002) 
 

Summer School Programmes 

  • Lecturer: Sutton Trust Summer School
  • Lecturer: First Chances Fife Programme
  • Module Coordinator/Lecturer: Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship (MEE) SAEC Programme 

Research areas

School of Business, Department of Management

Lori Leigh started teaching (tutoring MN2002) in the School of Management in 2013. Since then, she has taught every semester including MN1001, MN1002, MN2001 and MN2002. In addition, Dr Davis has lectured the Masters level course Managing Natural Resources (MN5514) and Contemporary Issues in Management (MN4100) in 2020.

International Education and Lifelong Learning Institute (IELLI)

Since 2019, Dr Davis is the Module Coordinator and Lecturer for the Foundation Business, Foundation Economics and Foundation Management modues.  In 2022, she is also the Module Coordinator and Lecturer for the new MSc modules including Leadership and Management in International Education and Organisational Development in International Education.

Her teaching career highlights include being nominated for the Teaching Award for Postgraduate Students Who Tutors in 2017 and winning the Teaching Excellence Award for Innovative Teaching (Students Association) in 2019 while also winning the Teaching Excellence Award for 2021-22.  Additionally, she won the Golden Dandelion Award in 2021-22.

Dr Davis received her PhD from the University of St Andrews under the supervision of Dr Philip Roscoe (School of Business, Department of Management) and Dr William Vlcek (School of International Relations).  The title of her thesis is: The Kimberley Process and Certification Scheme: A Classical Aristotelian Rhetorical Analysis of the International Tripartite Regime Against Conflict Diamonds.  She holds an MLitt in International Business form the University of St Andrews and a Degree in Technology Management (BTech) from the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Vancouver, Canada. Lori Leigh also attained the GIA Certification in Diamond Grading and Colored Stones in 2009.

Her research is focused on international tripartite organisations, rhetoric and power theories.  In particular, she is interested in the diamond industry and industries related to conflict.

She has presented at major international conferences such as the Annual Conflict Conference and the Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences.  She was the only student from a Scotland university to attend the 1st Annual International Rhetoric workshop in 2016.

In 2018, Dr Davis took over the role as the Administrator for the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR), which she held until 2021. 

Her previous career experience includes nearly 7 years as a diamond broker (diamantaire) in a leading Canadian diamond wholesaler and manufacturer.

PhD supervision

  • Israa Aljaish

Selected publications

 

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