Daniel Osborn
Part-Time Instructor
Dr. Dan Osborn, EdD is a history educator, education researcher, and nonprofit professional specializing in creating multimedia teaching tools, humanities curriculum, and professional learning experiences. He is the Executive Director of Project Mosaics, a nonprofit dedicated to telling stories of global Jewish diversity in humanities classrooms.
His interdisciplinary background exists at the intersection of Middle Eastern and Jewish history and history curriculum and instruction. His teaching, research, and curriculum writing advance a vision of education that is multicultural, globally-oriented, inclusive of subaltern communities, and relevant for life in a globally interconnected world.
Pronouns: He/Him
Education
Ed, D, Curriculum and Teaching, Boston University
MA, Near East and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University
MAT, Secondary Education, Quinnipiac University
BA, History, Quinnipiac University
Selected Publications
Osborn, D. (Under Contract). Jews and Judaism in US public education: Race, religion, and representation. Routledge.
Osborn, D. (2025). Dismantling orientalist representations in US education: Schooling and otherness in the social studies classroom. Routledge. (https://www.routledge.com/Dismantling-Orientalist-Representations-in-US-Education-Schooling-and-Otherness-in-the-Social-Studies-Classroom/Osborn/p/book/9781032459103)
Osborn, D. (2024). Levantine vignettes: An educator's account of border crossing in the Middle East. Information Age Publishing. (https://bookstore.emerald.com/levantine-vignettes-hb-9798887308043.html)
Osborn, D. (2018). Representing the Middle East and Africa in social studies education: Teacher discourse and otherness. Routlege. (https://www.routledge.com/Representing-the-Middle-East-and-Africa-in-Social-Studies-Education-Teacher-Discourse-and-Otherness/Osborn/p/book/9780367432270)