Paul Davis received his doctoral degree from the University of Utah in International Relations and has been teaching for the University of Nevada System for the past 45 years. He has traveled around the world lecturing and conducting research on international terrorism and politics. He is a three-time International Fulbright Scholar conducting research in India, Egypt and Israel as well as Russia, Spain, and France and teaching in Germany, Italy, Belgium and Greece. He was a selected participant in the United States State Department Scholar-Diplomat Program on National Security in Washington, DC and was involved in conducting a program on international peace, security and conflict management for the United States Institute of Peace also in Washington, DC. Paul is a two-time National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellow in the field of international violence and a two-time National Science Foundation scholar. Paul co-authored a textbook entitled: Introduction to Political Terrorism for McGraw-Hill Publishers. He was recognized in 1999 by the Nevada Board of Regents as Professor of the Year for the State of Nevada.

In 2001, the journal Cerebrum: Dana Forum on Brain Science (Summer 2001) published his article entitled The Terrorist Mentality. It was republished in the Seventh Edition of Annual Editions: Violence and Terrorism 2004/05 by McGraw-Hill Publishers. In 2002, he was appointed by Congressman Jim Gibbons to serve on the anti-terrorism Homeland Security Advisory Board for the State of Nevada. In the fall of 2003 he underwent training and became a member of the Citizen Homeland Security Council of Washoe County. In 2004 he completed training and joined the Community Emergency Response Team of Washoe County, Nevada. Since 2004, Paul has been a professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for the Emergency and Crisis Management Master’s program.