Rate My Professor Daniel Schwartz

Daniel Schwartz is the I. James Quillen Dean and the Nomellini & Olivier Professor of Educational Technology at Stanford University's Graduate School of Education. He also serves as the Halper Family Faculty Director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning, a university-wide interdisciplinary initiative advancing the science and design of learning. Schwartz holds a PhD in Human Cognition and Learning from Columbia University (1992), an MA in Computers and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University (1988), and a BA in Philosophy, Anthropology, and English Literature from Swarthmore College (1979). He obtained a California and Alaska Secondary Teaching Credential from the University of Southern California (1981). His early career included teaching mathematics in rural Kenya (1975), remedial reading and writing in south-central Los Angeles (1979-1981), and multiple subjects at Kaltag Junior and Senior High Schools in Alaska (1981-1986). Schwartz joined Stanford Graduate School of Education as associate professor in 2000, was promoted to full professor in 2006, named to the Nomellini & Olivier Chair in 2014, and appointed dean in 2015. Previously, he served as associate professor of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University (1999-2000) and assistant professor there (1992-1999).