Daniel Ozimek, PhD

Biography

Dr. Daniel Ozimek is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences. He recently earned his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction (Mathematics Education) from Penn State University, where his research focused on nursing students’ conceptions of dimensional analysis as a method for calculating medication dosage. Daniel is also a project leader of a multi-disciplinary initiative supported by the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the Mathematical Association of America, and QSEN -- Quality and Safety Education for Nurses, which is working to reform math education for nurses at a national level. You can learn more about this national initiative here.

Teaching

• MAT-100 Quantitative Reasoning & Skill
• MAT-150 Clinical Mathematics
• MAT-260 Statistics

Education

• Ph.D., Curriculum & Instruction - Mathematics Education, Penn State University, 2021
• M.Ed., Mathematics, Millersville University, 2010
• B.S., Mathematics, Penn State University, 2008
• B.A., Economics, Penn State University, 2008

Career Highlights

• President's Award for Innovative Teaching, Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences, 2020
• Mathematics Pathways Leadership Fellow, Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin, 2018
• Kenneth G. Stoudt Endowed Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences, 2015
• Ambassador of Student Learning Award, Kutztown University, 2013

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