Kelly Cue Davis is an assistant dean, professor, and research faculty member at Arizona State University in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, best known for her work in "the role of alcohol in sexual assault perpetration and victimization.
[2] Through this experience, Davis became interested in studying alcohol's involvement in sexual assault, ultimately resulting in the topic being her research focus in graduate school.
[1] Her doctoral advisor was Dr. William H. George, and her thesis was titled "Women's Perceptions of and Responses to Sexual Aggression: The Alcohol Myopia and Anxiolysis-Disinhibition Theories.
[5] Davis is currently the assistant dean for Tenured, Tenure-Track, and Research Track Faculty Affairs at Arizona State University.
[7] In her more than 20 years in research, Davis has received over $30 million in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health and has over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles.
[10] Several state legislatures have recently moved towards laws regarding stealthing because of experts' recommendations, including Massachusetts, New Jersey, and California.
[12][13][14] Davis' work regarding the relation of sexual assault and alcohol gained interest when Brett Kavanaugh was nominated to the United States Supreme Court.
"[15] Davis received a 2023–2024 Fulbright Scholar Award for her project titled "A Transatlantic Collaboration to Reduce Gender Inequality: Targeting Intoxicated Sexual Assault".
[16] Additionally, Davis and University of Birmingham colleagues will work to translate prior research on alcohol-related sexual assault into real-world prevention practices.