Ph.D., Environmental Management and Policy
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Master of Science in Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (Plan II Honors Program)
University of Texas at Austin, Texas

Member, Global Water Partnership Technical Committee.

Member, United Nations Millennium Development Task Force for Water and Sanitation

Water and environment advisor, Acumen Fund.

Member, Winrock Water editorial board.

Member, Global Village Engineers Board of Directors.

A. Pickering, A. Boehm, M. Mwanjani, J. Davis. “Efficacy of waterless hand hygiene as compared to handwashing with soap: A field study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.” In press, American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene.

D. McAdam, H. Schafer, J. Davis, R. Orr. Site fights: “Explaining variation in opposition to pipeline projects in the developing world.” In press, Sociological Forum.

Davis, J, H. Luckas, M. Jeuland, B. Soto, G. Lizarraga, A. Alvestegui.  2009. “Sustaining the benefits of rural water supply investments: Experience from Bolivia.” Chapter 3 in Post-construction Support and Sustainability in Community-Managed Rural Water Supply: Case Studies in Peru, Bolivia, and Ghana, A. Bakalian and W. Wakeman, editors.  Washington, DC: The World Bank.

Davis, J. 2009. The economic returns to water supply and sanitation investments. In Global Crises, Global Solutions, Bjorn Lomborg, ed. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Whittington, D., J. Davis, L. Prokopy, K. Komives, R. Thorsten, H. Lukacs. “How well is the demand-driven, community management model for rural water supply systems doing? Evidence from Bolivia, Peru, and Ghana, ” Water Policy 11: 696-718 (2009).

H. M. Horak, J. S. Chynoweth, W. P. Myers, J. A. Davis, S. Fendorf, A.B. Boehm. “Water quality of water in rain catchments compared to other drinking water sources in the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.” In press, Journal of Water & Health.

Davis, J., G. White, S. Damodaron, and R. Thorsten. “Improving access to water supply and sanitation in urban India: microfinance for water and sanitation infrastructure development,” Water Science & Technology 58(4): 887-891 (2008).

Davis, J, H. Luckas, M. Jeuland, B. Soto, G. Lizarraga. “Sustaining the benefits of rural water supply investments: Experience from Bolivia,” Water Resources Research 44, W12427, doi:10.1029/2007WR006550 (2008).

Davis, J. Private-sector participation in the water and sanitation sector. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 30: 1-39.

Davis, J., and D. Whittington. “Challenges for water sector reform in transition economies.” Water Policy 6(4): 1-15.

Davis, J. Corruption in public services: Experience from South Asia’s water and sanitation sector.  World Development 32(1): 53-71.

Davis, J.  Scaling up slum upgrading efforts: Where are the bottlenecks?  International Development Planning Review 26(3): 301-319.

Davis, J. Assessing community preferences for development initiatives: Are willingness-to-pay studies robust to mode effects?  World Development 32(4): 655-672.

Davis, J., S. Tankha, A. Ghosh, P. Martin, T. Samad, B. Zia, and G. Prunier.  In search of good governance: Experiments from South Asia’s water and sanitation sector.  New Delhi: Water and Sanitation Program.

Davis, J., and P. Iyer.  Scaling up sustainable rural water supply services: A discussion paper.  Washington, DC: Water and Sanitation Program.

Davis, J., A. Kang, J. Vincent, and D. Whittington. How Important is Improved Water Infrastructure to Microenterprises? Evidence from Uganda.  World Development 29 (10): 1753-1767.

Whittington, D., J. Davis, H. Miarsono, and R. Pollard.  Designing a “neighborhood deal” for urban sewers: A case study of Semarang, Indonesia.  Journal of Planning Education and Research 19 (3): 297-308.

Whittington, D., J. Davis, and E. McClelland.  Implementing a demand-driven approach to community water supply planning: A case study of Lugazi, Uganda. Water International 23(3): 134.  Reprinted in Saleth, R.M., ed., Resources and Economic Development (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing).

Davis, J., and D. Whittington.  “Participatory” research techniques for development projects: A comparison of the contingent valuation and community dialogue methods. Economic Development and Cultural Change 47(1): 73.

"Empowering African women reduces childhood disease", Fall 2009 Program in Human Biology Newsletter

"Clean water, sanitation goals for world's poor", Earth & Sky, D. Byrd & J. Block

"Global effort to provide poorest with basic sanitation slow going", Maria Jose Vinas

"Earth, Woods and water", L.A. Cicero

"646 Very Personal Questions", Cover story of the Stanford Alumni Association magazine, Stanford, Nov./ Dec. 2008. This is about Jenna Davis' work.

Also, page 4, Editor Kevin Cool's comment: "her work is nothing short of heroic"

"Stanford researchers seek low-cost solutions to Africa's sanitation crisis" Article in print and online editions of the Stanford Report, April 22, 2009.

Conducted research in Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, India, Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Bali, and Lombok), Kenya, Mozambique, Pakistan, Peru, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Venezuela.

Supervised students carrying out research in Panama, Senegal, and Vietnam.