Timothy D. Davis, Ph.D., CAPE
Associate Professor, SUNY Cortland
Department of Physical Education

Timothy D. Davis, Ph.D., is an associate faculty member in the Physical Education Department at State University of New York at Cortland. He earned his bachelors and masters degrees in Physical Education/Adapted Physical Education from California State University at Chico and a PhD in Adapted Physical Education/Early Childhood Special Education from the University of Virginia. He has been teaching in the field of Adapted Physical Education for over twenty years. Dr. Davis is the national chair of the Adapted Physical Education National Standards (APENS) Program and oversees the national standards and certification process in Adapted Physical Education sponsored by the National Consortium on Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPERID). Dr. Davis has created school partnerships in APE and has partnered with SUNY Upstate Medical to develop the Fit Families Program that addresses the needs of children and their families with spina bifida.

Most recently, Tim received the Rozanne Brooks Distinguished Teaching Professor Award and was awarded the William A. Hillman Distinguished Service award through the National Consortium on Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities.

He is the director of the SUNY Cortland CHAMP/I Can Do It afterschool peer mentorship program, the Sensory Integration/Motor Sensory (SIMS) Movement Center, and creator of Project DREAM - a service learning program established to address the needs of transition age students with disabilities.