Senior Research Associate
Energy, Environment and Resources Center
University of Tennessee
311 Conference Center Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-4134
Phone: 865-974-1847
Fax: 865-974-1838 
kdavis17@utk.edu

Selected Publications:

Mary E. Rogge, Kimberly L. Davis, Deborah N. Maddox, and Milton Jackson, "Leveraging Environmental, Social, and Economic Justice at Chattanooga Creek: A Case Study," Journal of Community Practice, 13(3), 2005

M. Swanson, A. Weissman, G. Davis, M.L. Socolof, and K. Davis, "Developing priorities for greener state government purchasing: A California case study," Journal of Cleaner Production, 13(7), June 2005.

Kimberly L. Davis and Maria L. Socolof, "State of California Guidelines for Procurement, Use and End-of-life Management of Electronic Equipment," California Department of General Services 4-01-03-0005A, May 2003.

Kimberly L. Davis and C. Bolton, "Reducing Costs of UST Site Management Using a RBCA Strategy," ASCE Practice Periodical of  Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Management, April 1999

Gary S. Sayler, John Sanseverino, and Kimberly L. Davis, eds., Biotechnology in the Sustainable Environment (New York: Plenum Publishing, 1997).

Kinya Kato and Kimberly L. Davis, "Current Use of Bioremediation for TCE Cleanup: Results of a Survey," Remediation, Fall 1996.

M. Russell and Kimberly L. Davis, Resource Requirements for NPL Sites: 1996 (Knoxville, TN: Joint Institute for Energy and Environment, 1996).

As assistant director of the Waste Management Research and Education Institute, Ms. Davis works closely with the Center for Environmental Biotechnology (CEB) and its director, Dr. Gary S. Sayler. In this role, Ms. Davis serves as a communication link between researchers at EERC and CEB. 

Ms. Davis' past policy research interests have focused on the resource requirements for the cleanup of sites on the National Priority List and sites with leaking petroleum underground storage tanks. Her current research initiatives include the development of green-purchasing guidelines for electronic equipment and other office products.

Ms. Davis is involved in education and outreach activities as part of her duties at UT and as a volunteer. She co-directs the ongoing South African Field Laboratory Workshop (2001-2004) under a National Science Foundation grant to bring together U.S. and S. African undergraduate students to study "extreme bacteria" in South Africa's gold mines. During the past nine years, she has also participated in Shared Adventures in Engineering and Science (SHADES), a biannual hands-on workshop developed to mentor and encourage 12 and 13-year-old girls to consider science and engineering careers. Through her involvement with the Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE), Ms. Davis has overseen the regional program for awarding undergraduate scholarships to prospective engineering majors and coordinated a local engineering outreach program called Discover-E for Knox County middle-school students.

As a PhD. student in Sociology, Ms. Davis also is interested in the mobilization of environmentally based social movements and the relationships among environmental knowledge, action, and sustainability.

Ms. Davis, a certified professional engineer, is past president of the Knoxville Technical Society and the Knoxville chapter of the TSPE. She also serves on the Knoxville Environmental Appeals Board.  In her spare time, she works as an advocate for Knoxville's urban forest through the Web site www.downtowntrees.com, and rows on the Tennessee River with the Knoxville Rowing Association.