Director of Communications

Rod Davis Rod Davis
The Texas A&M University System
A&M System Building, Suite 2045
200 Technology Way
College Station, Texas 77845-3424
(979) 458-6018
fax (979) 458-6025

Rod Davis serves as Manager of Communications Media for The Texas A&M University System. The department is responsible for communications and media relations for the Texas A&M System, including communications planning, development of internal and external publications, websites and marketing materials, and speechwriting and presentation development for the chancellor and Board of Regents.

Career

2008-present Manager of Communications Media, The Texas A&M University System
2007-2008 Managing Editor, Teaching Tolerance magazine, Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Ala.
2006-2007 Senior Editor, D magazine, Dallas
2001-2006 Travel Editor, San Antonio Express-News
1998-2000 Executive Editor, Cooking Light magazine, Birmingham, Ala.
1993-1997 Lecturer, Dept. of English, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
1990-1993 Senior Editor, D magazine, Dallas
1987-1990 Editor, American Way magazine, American Airlines, Fort Worth
1986-1987 Senior Editor, Houston City magazine
1981-1985 Lecturer, Dept. of English, University of Texas at Austin
1980-1981 Editor, The Texas Observer, Austin
1977-1978 Reporter, The Rocky Mountain News, Denver
1974-1975 Associate Director, The Texas Film Commission
1972-1974 Editor and reporter, The Associated Press, Dallas and Austin
1971-1972 Reporter, KDFW-TV (CBS) Dallas

Books

Corina's Way, 2003, winner 2000-2005 PEN Southwest Book Awards for Fiction
American Voudou: Journey into a Hidden World, 1999

Military Service

1970-1971 United States Army, lLT

Education

1971 Master of Arts, Government, Louisiana State University
1968 Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Missouri State University