Daniel F. Davis

Clinical Assistant Professor in Education
BS, State University of New York, Oswego; MAT, City University of New York, Brooklyn College; PhD, The Ohio State University

Dr. Davis worked in the field of secondary education for thirty years as a social studies teacher, department chairman, and principal. Dr. Davis is primarily responsible for the coordination, supervision, and teacher training in history and social science education. He also recruits and advises candidates interested in pursuing a Master of Arts in Teaching. Dr. Davis teaches Curriculum and Special Methods for History and Social Science. His area of professional interest is in the development of concept formation, critical thinking, and the art of questioning as they relate to the teaching of history and social science. Dr. Davis coauthored The United States Since 1945 and A History of the World. He also served as Co-Director of the Harvard Project on East Asian Studies in Education. He received an NEH Fellowship for an independent study of Harris Wofford: Pragmatic Idealism and the Art of the Possible. He was Project Coordinator of “The American Covenant: The Moral Uses of Power,” sponsored by the NEW and the National Humanities Faculty. Dr. Davis was also awarded numerous Horace Mann Grants from the Massachusetts Department of Education.