Caroline Davis is a British academic who specialises in the history of publishing culture, and government propaganda in Africa during the Cold War. She is currently an Associate Professor in Publishing at University College London.^[1]

Caroline Davis began her career working with Digital Media for Oxford University Press before moving onto teaching Digital Humanities at Oxford university. She then became a senior lecturer in Publishing Media at Oxford Brookes University. In 2021 she became the leader for the editing, writing, communication, and 'theories of the book' modules as an Associate Professor in Publishing at University College London.^[1]

Davis specialises in post-colonial publishing in Africa with a focus on the CIA relationship with the publishing industry during the Cold War, and has a strong interest in print cultures in South Africa.^[2] In 2019 she became a winner of the Mid-Career Fellowship awarded by the British Academy.^[3]