The front steps of the Mendocino County Courthouse lead up to tall glass doors framed by pale green panels and the building’s name displayed above.
Mendocino County Courthouse in Ukiah, Calif., in Dec. 2021. (Dave Brooksher via Bay City News)

UKIAH, CA., 12/05/25- A Mendocino College professor who has been charged with six felonies related to child abuse could face additional charges, a prosecutor said during a hearing Thursday in Mendocino County Superior Court. 

Jason Davis, a 54-year-old Ukiah resident and an English professor who has been placed on administrative leave at Mendocino College, has been charged with abuse of a minor that allegedly started when the girl was 13 years old. He was booked into Mendocino County Jail on Nov. 20. 

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Sydney Fishman is a UC Berkeley California Local News Fellow and lives full time in Ukiah. Reach her at sydney@mendovoice.com or through her Signal username @sydannfish.67.