Eli Marshall Davis is a 2024 winner of the Excellence in Equity Awards for educators in the Champion of Equity - Special Educator category. He is an Interventionist at Hemphill Elementary in Birmingham, AL, where he sits on the leadership team and chairs the MTSS/Problem Solving Team committee. He is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of South Carolina, focusing on Teaching and Learning, with research interests in social justice, epigenetics, and the transformative potential of AI in education. 

In this episode, we discuss Eli’s philosophy of education; Epigenetics, intergenerational trauma, and their relevance to educational environments; AI in marginalized communities to support schools with teachers who did not go through teacher preparation; and why AI is an opportunity to be at the forefront of something great.

Connect with Eli @elidavis173. Learn more about him and all the 2024 award-winning educators at http://ace-ed.org/eie2024. 

About the host:

Ross Romano is strategic advisor to the American Consortium for Equity in Education and the founding program chair of the Excellence in Equity Awards. He is also founder and CEO of award-winning education consulting and performance coaching firm September Strategies and co-founder of the BE Podcast Network. Listen to his podcast, The Authority, on which he interviews the most influential authors on leadership, education, personal development, and more: https://authoritypodcast.net. Connect on LinkedIn or Twitter.