Dr. R. Davis Dixon is Chief Research Officer at BEE Consulting. He is also an assistant professor of developmental psychology at Hampton University. Previously Dr. Dixon was a senior associate for P-12 research at the Education Trust, a nonprofit, education civil rights organization.

In this role, Dr. Dixon conducted primary and secondary research to inform discussion and debate among education decision-makers at the national, state, and local levels, ensuring that Ed Trust’s practice and policy work is driven by the most current education research. He has also published research findings on cultural identity for African-American students at an HBCU and issues of mattering and belonging for elementary students.

Dr. Dixon completed his master’s and doctoral work in developmental psychology at Howard University and holds a bachelor’s in psychology from North Carolina Central University.