Dr. Allan Davis

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Manager of Admissions and Recruitment, The University of Missouri-Kansas City

Dr. Allan Davis is the Manager of Admissions and Recruitment at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine. He oversees the application process for the School’s four clinical and five non-clinical programs, including UMKC’s combined 6-year BA/MD program. In 2019, he was responsible for coordinating the expansion of summer pipeline programs designed to recruit students underrepresented in medicine. Before working at UMKC, Dr. Davis completed his PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. His dissertation examined how Anglo American women used amateur theatre to contribute to the racial formation of whiteness in the early 20th century. Outside of work, Allan enjoys listening to audiobooks while walking his dog and eating pupusas with husband.