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About Daniel Dinsmore
January 2018 - Present | Professor and Associate Dean, University of North Florida ‐ College of Education and Human Services | |
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January 2017 - Present | President, Parkmore Learning, Evaluation, and Training Solutions, LLC | |
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August 2015 - Present | Associate Professor, University of North Florida ‐ Educational Psychology | |
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August 2011 - May 2015 | Assistant Professor, Graduate Faculty status granted September 2011, University of North Florida ‐ Educational Psychology | |
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August 2008 - May 2011 | Graduate Instructor and Graduate Research Assistant, University of Maryland | |
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August 2006 - May 2008 | Graduate Fellow, University of Maryland | |
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May 2006 | Cooperating teacher: Supervised 3 pre-student teachers for instrumental music grades 5-6, Prince George's County Public Schools (MD) and University of Maryland | |
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September 2003 - April 2006 | Instrumental music teacher grades 5-6, Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland | |
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September 2005 | Cooperating teacher: Supervised a student teacher for instrumental music grades 5-6, Prince George's County Public Schools (MD) and University of Maryland | |
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September 2001 - May 2003 | General and instrumental music teacher grades 3-5, School District of Lancaster, Pennsylvania | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2019 | Building simulation infrastructure to improve sensemaking in naval-related STEM tasks along the secondary pipeline in Northeast Florida |
Office of Naval Research | |
Role: principal investigator | |
$172,192.00 | |
2019 | Investigating the Influences of Teacher Expertise and Learning Environments on Teacher Effectiveness, Retention, and Persistence in High-need Secondary STEM Classrooms |
National Science Foundation | |
Role: principal investigator | |
$798,732.00 | |
2018 | NEFSTEM Mobile Makerspace |
University of North Florida Office of Academic Technology Grant | |
Role: co-principal investigator | |
$1,650.00 | |
2018 | Program and Course Development of an Educational Research Master’s Degree |
The OHIO Group | |
$23,150.00 | |
2018 | Robotic Coding Inquiry Project |
Northeast Florida Regional STEM2 Hub | |
Role: principal investigator | |
$2,807.40 | |
2017 | Army Research Institute (ARI): Enhancing Sensemaking Skills for Air and Missile Defense Operations Research Support |
Subcontract to Northrup Grumman Systems Corporation, Advanced Defense Services Division | |
$22,820.00 | |
2017 | Army Research Institute (ARI): Mitigating the Impact of Past Learning on Emerging Systems Skill Acquisition Research Support |
Northrup Grumman Systems Corporation, Advanced Defense Services Division | |
$17,500.00 | |
2016 | ESOL Career Ladder for Student Success (ESOL CLASS) |
United States Department of Education | |
Role: Lead evaluator | |
$2,184,748.00 | |
2016 | Pre-Service Teacher Calibration |
University of North Florida Office of Undergraduate Research SMART Grant | |
Role: faculty advisor | |
$1,500.00 | |
2013 - 2014 | Subcontract for Project Proficere |
Duval County Public School Race-to-the-Top | |
Role: principal investigator | |
$159,000.00 | |
2013 | Using different types of text to change beliefs about environmental science and perceptions of scientific evidence |
University of North Florida Environmental Center SEED Grant | |
Role: principal investigator | |
$3,150.00 | |
2011 | Reader profiling: A promising strategy for differentiating reading instruction |
Dean’s Economic Advisory Council and the Florida Institute for Education | |
Role: principal investigator | |
$8,080.00 | |
2010 | Summer Research Fellowship |
The Graduate School, University of Maryland | |
$5,000 | |
2009 | The effects of persuasive text on metacognitive monitoring and strategic processing |
Support Program for Advancing Research and Collaboration at the University of Maryland | |
Role: primary investigator | |
$1,000 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2019 - Present | Associate Editor, Higher Education Pedagogies | 2019 - Present | Research Council, University of North Florida | 2018 - Present | Editorial Board, Heliyon | 2018 - Present | Research Director, Northeast Florida Center for STEM Education (NEFSTEM) University of North Florida | 2018 - Present | Advisory Board Member, University of North Florida, The Center for Urban Education and Policy | 2017 - Present | Associate Editor, Contemporary Educational Psychology | 2016 - Present | Promotion and Tenure Committee, University of North Florida, Department of Foundations and Secondary Education | 2015 - Present | Institutional Review Board, University of North Florida | 2018 | Chair, AERA Division C Graduate Student Seminar | 2018 | Reviewer, EARLI Sig 16 JURE Keynote Competition | 2018 | Bullying Task Force, University of North Florida | 2018 | Teacher Preparation Committee, University of North Florida | 2018 | Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, University of North Florida, College of Education and Human Services | 2014 - 2018 | Senator, United Faculty of Florida, University of North Florida | 2017 | Curriculum Committee, University of North Florida, Department of Foundations and Secondary Education | 2014 - 2016 | Section Chair, American Educational Research Association, Section 3a | 2012 | Item Reviewer, Florida Teachers' Comprehensive Examination, Florida Department of Education | 2011 - 2012 | Graduate Student Curriculum Committee (Chair), University of North Florida, College of Education and Human Services |
Honors and Awards
- University of North Florida Presidential Faculty Leadership Award for Teaching and Scholarship, 2018-2020
- University of North Florida Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award 2018-2019
- University of North Florida Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award 2018-2019
- University of North Florida Sabbatical Award, 2018-2019
- University of North Florida Award of Excellence for Highly Cited Research, April 2017
- Learning and Instruction Certificate for Highly Cited Research, December 2016
- Educational Researcher Outstanding Reviewer Award, 2015
- University of North Florida Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2015-2016
- American Educational Research Association, Division C, New Faculty Mentoring Seminar, April 2013
- University of Maryland, College of Education, Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, May 2011
- University of Maryland, Center for Teaching Excellence, Distinguished Teaching Award, May 2010
- American Educational Research Association, Division C, Graduate Student Seminar, April 2010
- European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Sig 16 Metacognition, Student Paper Award, August 2009
- Graduate Fellow, University of Maryland, Department of Human Development, 2005-2006
Courses
- Advanced Quantitative Research Methods (doctoral level)
- Quantitative Research Methods (doctoral level)
- Psycho-social Processes of Learning and Development (doctoral level)
- Advanced Educational Psychology (graduate level)
- Research Methods (undergraduate level)
- Assessment of Learning and Behavior (undergraduate level)
- Educational Psychology (undergraduate level)
December 2011 | M.A., University of Maryland ‐ Educational Measurement and Statistics | |
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August 2011 | Ph.D., University of Maryland ‐ Human Development with a specialization in Educational Psychology | |
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May 2001 | B.S., Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer Honors College ‐ Music Education | |
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Contact Information
University of North Florida
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum
Northeast Florida Center for STEM Education
Bldg 57, Suite 3700
1 UNF Drive
Jacksonville, Florida 32224
Phone: 904-428-8654
Email: