Daniel Flynn
Ph.D. Student
Department of Education
Email: dflynn@uci.edu
Biography
Dan Flynn joins UC Irvine's doctoral program in education as a member of Cohort III with a specialization in Educational Policy and Social Context (EPSC).
An Orange County native, Dan received his BA in Psychology from UC Irvine in 1987 during which he studied abroad in Hull, England. He received his Master’s in Social Welfare from UCLA and a teaching credential from National University. During the following 12 years, Dan taught in a grades 4-6 clinical day treatment classroom in the Irvine Unified School District on special assignment. Concurrent with his teaching responsibilities, he was field faculty for USC School of Social Work – Orange County Campus and a National University core adjunct faculty member in Special Education. Dan also was one of the co-developers of the Analog Classroom Setting/UCI Laboratory School Protocol for Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Studies and actively participated in numerous clinical drug trial research studies. Dan returned to school in Electrical Engineering and received his second Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from California State University, Long Beach in 2009.
It was during his studies in Engineering that Dan’s research interests in the pedagogy of the applied sciences and engineering education were sparked and developed. Dan’s research interests include: Higher Education, Engineering Pedagogy, STEM Education, Post-Secondary Instructor Professional Development, Technology in Education, and Technological-Pedagogical-Content-Knowledge. Post graduation, Dan plans to continue to research and to improve community and 4-year college engineering and technical education.
Publications
Flynn, D., Kotkin, R, Brady, J., Fine, A. (2003). Implementing School-Home Collaborative Treatment Plans: Best Practices in School-Home Based Interventions. In Fine, A. & Kotkin, R. (Eds.), Therapist’s Guide to Learning and Attention Disorders, (pp. 211-236) Academic Press, San Diego, California
Presentations
Flynn, D. (2011, April). Fostering Student Success Among Students in STEM Majors: College Freshman Engineering Project Participation and Achievement in Core Engineering Coursework: A Pilot Study. University of California First-Year Best Practices Conference: Fostering Student Success. University of California, Riverside CA.
Flynn, D. (2011, March). College Freshman Engineering Project Participation and Academic Achievement in Core Engineering Coursework: A Pilot Study (Poster Presentation). American Society for Engineering Education – Pacific South Western Regional Conference: Transforming Engineering Education through Community Engagement, Entrepreneurship and Service Learning. California State University, Fresno CA.
Flynn, D. (2010, November). Summary of Cross-disciplinary Impact of Project-based Education. UCI-OCDE Regional Occupational Program/Career and Technical Education Liaison Meeting. University of California, Irvine, Samueli School of Engineering, Irvine, CA.
McCarthy J. M., & Flynn, D. (2010, February). Innovations In Engineering Education Curriculum: Project Skills for Freshman Engineering Students Impact on Chemistry, Physics, and Math. STEM Summit 2010 – Early Childhood through Higher Education, National Academy of Sciences, Irvine, CA.
Flynn, D., & Kotkin, R. (2002, October). Intervention Strategies for Success for School Transition. 14th Annual CHADD International Conference, Miami, FL.