Dane Joseph, PhD
Professor of Education
Dane joined the College of Education in 2015 after spending five years at Pacific University. He has directed dozens of research, assessment, and evaluation studies using a pragmatic approach that values both validity and usefulness, employing field experiments where possible and working with stakeholders to create solutions and make improvements based on psychological science.
His personal scholarship uses heuristic inquiry—a phenomenological approach deeply rooted in psychology and philosophy—to reflect on his learning experiences as a methodologist and how they shape what he thinks, believes, and eventually does.
He currently supports Dr. Travis Pickell and Dr. Joseph Clair as a research fellow for the Program for Leadership & Formation, which is generously supported by the Educating Character Initiative and Lilly Endowment. He is also an editorial review board member for the Journal of Science Teacher Education.