Dr. Charles H.F. Davis III

Dr. Charles H.F. Davis III is a third-generation educator and creator committed to the lives, love, and liberation of everyday Black people. As a writer, photographer, and filmmaker, Charles' work broadly examines the challenges and triumphs of Black life-making in the United States and abroad. Additionally, Charles is also the founder and director of the Scholars for Black Lives collective and a professor at the University of Michigan, where his research and teachings focus on issues of race, racism, and resistance in education and society. His essays and creative productions have been published in the Los Angeles Times, Okayplayer, Ebony Magazine, Jet, and various other news and national media outlets.