Ken Davis
MFA '10 (Museum Exhibition Planning + Design)
Kenneth Davis is a native of the Beacon Hill area of Seattle, Washington, studied history at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama, where he received his B.A. degree. While a student at Tuskegee, Kenneth worked as an Interpretive Park Ranger at both the George Washington Carver Museum and Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. After his time in Tuskegee, Davis continued his museum career as the Curator of Exhibition at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. Here, Davis developed a strong interest in the planning and design of museum exhibits.
In the spring of 2008 Davis relocated to Philadelphia, where he was accepted into the Museum Exhibition Planning & Design MFA program at the University of the Arts. Soon after arriving in Philadelphia, Davis reconnected with the Park Service, spending the summer of 2008 as a Student Conservation Association intern at Valley Forge NHP. Davis now serves the National Park Service as Exhibit Planner.