Davin L. Phoenix an associate professor of political science at the University of California, Irvine. He earned a joint PhD in public policy and political science from the University of Michigan. A first generation college graduate, Davin researches how social identity shapes the attitudes, emotions, and behavior of both everyday people and elites.

Davin’s research has been published in Perspectives on Politics; The Journal of Social and Political Psychology; Politics and Religion; and Politics, Groups, and Identities. His book The Anger Gap: How Race Shapes Emotions in Politics is winner of the American Political Science Association’s 2020 Ralph J. Bunche Award for best scholarly work exploring ethnic and cultural pluralism, as well as co-winner of the 2020 APSA award for best book on race and ethnic politics. Additionally, Davin has drawn on his research to offer commentary in the New York Times, Washington Post, and NPR.

Davin is a recipient of the 2017-18 Dean’s Honoree for Teaching Excellence Award, a 2019 UROP Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research, and a 2023  Ally Award presented by the UCI Womxn’s Center for Success. In 2021, he was one of five UCI professors campuswide appointed to a three year term as an Inclusive Excellence Chair.