Daniel Ozimek, PhD

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Mathematics Pathways Leadership Fellow

Co-Chair, High-Quality Mathematics Education for Nurses Task Force

Email: dan.ozimek.math AT gmail DOT com

Hello and welcome!

My name is Daniel Ozimek and I am an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

I am also a Mathematics Pathways Leadership Fellow at the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

Recently, I have been working as a co-leader of a national task force seeking to improve mathematics education for nurses across the United States. This task force is jointly-supported by the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), and Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN).

If you'd like to learn more about this ambitious initiative, please see this website: http://www.utdanacenter.org/math-for-nurses/.

Education

2021 -- Ph.D., Curriculum & Instruction (Mathematics Education), Pennsylvania State University

2010 -- M.Ed., Mathematics, Millersville University

2008 -- B.S., Mathematics; B.A. Economics, Pennsylvania State University

Courses I Teach

  • MAT100 Quantitative Reasoning and Skills

  • MAT150 Clinical Mathematics for the Health Sciences

  • MAT260 Statistics

Awards & Accomplishments

  • Mathematics Pathways Leadership Fellow, Charles. A. Dana Center, University of Texas at Austin (September 2018)

  • President’s Award for Innovative Teaching, Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences (August, 2020)

  • Kenneth G. Stoudt Endowed Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Winner, Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences (2015)

  • Kenneth G. Stoudt Endowed Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Nominee, Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences (2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)

  • Innovative Teaching Award, Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences (June, 2014)

  • Ambassador of Student Learning Award, Kutztown University (April, 2013)

  • Certificate of Excellence on PRAXIS Secondary Mathematics: Content Knowledge Examination (March, 2010)

Professional Affiliations

  • Mathematical Association of America

  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

  • American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges

  • North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education

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