Daniel Ozimek, PhD

Associate 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 Associate 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 to lead 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

Presentations & Publications

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

American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges
Mathematical Association of America
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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