Hunt Davis,
R. Hunt Davis, Jr. earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and joined the University of Florida faculty in 1967 as its first historian of Africa. He developed and taught a wide range of undergraduate and graduate African history and African Studies courses until his retirement in 2004. Hunt’s research and publications focused primarily on South African history.  He served as Director of the Center for African Studies, 1979-1988; the founding Associate Director and then Interim Director, Office of International Studies and Programs (now the UF International Center), 1992-1994; and Graduate Coordinator, Department of History, 2002-2004. He was a visiting Professor of History at Dartmouth College in 1988 and a Senior Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor of History at the University of Cape Town in 1999.