SHANNON DAVIS, M.A.

Architectural Historian & Historian

sdavis@asmaffiliates.com

EDUCATION

• 1998 M.A., Historic Preservation/George Washington University, Washington, DC
• 1993 M.A., American History/University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ms. Davis has 12 years of experience in the field of historic preservation. She has an MA in Historic Preservation/American Studies from George Washington University, where she wrote her master's thesis on the architectural history of drive-in theaters, and a BA in American History from the University of Southern California.

Before joining ASM, Ms. Davis was the west-coast representative for the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s new heritage tourism subsidiary, working with communities and destinations to better market themselves to heritage and cultural travelers. Much of Ms. Davis’s professional experience is with the Cultural Resources programs of the National Park Service, for whom she worked for ten years. The majority of that time she worked as an Historian with the National Register of Historic Places. Additionally, she developed online publications for the National Park Service History Program and HABS/HAER/HALS/CRGIS, and assisted the American Battlefield Protection Program with their federal grant programs, battlefield survey work and Section 106 review. Ms. Davis has experience with the operational requirements of a historic site, through her position as Assistant Site Manager of the 1812 Federal home of Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Duvall. Additionally, Ms. Davis was one of the founders of the non-profit Recent Past Preservation Network and served as Chair of a local preservation advocacy group, the Arlington Heritage Alliance.