Daron L. Davis Academic Curriculum Vitae — July 2026

Academic curriculum vitae of Daron L. Davis, an independent governance researcher, HBCU graduate, writer, and prospective Fall 2027 political science PhD applicant. The CV documents the Institutional Authority Dynamics research enterprise, including five framework manuscripts; Institutional Authority and Governance Dynamics (IAGD) as the integrating theoretical architecture; BlackGuard Multilevel Governance Architecture (BGMA) as the reserved applied governance architecture; and Authority Provenance as a cross-cutting evidentiary layer. It also records the doctoral research direction, publication program, public conceptual records, scholarly and methodological development, conference activity, invited engagement, federal policy contributions, public scholarship, teaching, institutional experience, systems development, honors, and professional affiliations. The Governance Drift Curve and Governance Recovery Constraint Model form the primary doctoral research spine. Political science is the primary disciplinary home, while Black politics serves as a central site of theory generation and empirical investigation. Systems science, computational social science, agent-based modeling, and NetLogo are identified as prospective methodological extensions. This record represents the July 2026 academic curriculum vitae. Publication of this CV does not establish journal acceptance, peer validation, institutional affiliation, doctoral admission, supervision, funding, or institutional endorsement beyond the statuses expressly documented.