Daniel Bisaccio

Dan Bisaccio worked in Brown University’s Education Department as the graduate Director of Science Education, Director of Teacher Education (MA in Teaching), and lecturer in Education (2008-2017). At Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island), Dan taught Methods in Teaching Secondary Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics/Engineering), Methods in Elementary Science, Analysis of Student Teaching, and an undergraduate Field Seminar in Secondary Education.

Prior to joining Brown, Dan was the Math/Science/Technology Division Head at Souhegan High School (a public school in Amherst, New Hampshire). Nationally recognized for innovative approaches to education, at SHS Dan taught Advanced Biology, Tropical Ecology, and a Conservation Biology and Literature senior seminar as well as professional development workshops for teachers.

Additionally, Dan was an adjunct faculty member at Keene State College (Keene, New Hampshire) in Geology and at Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts) in Ecology at field sites in Jamaica, Moorea/Tahiti, and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama).

Dan’s ongoing research with the Smithsonian Institution’s Biodiversity and Monitoring Program involves field research at several tropical sites in Central and South America. His work has been recognized by the United Nations Environmental Program (Convention on Biological Diversity) as a contributor to their international biological diversity education outreach

Dan has been the recipient of many teaching awards including the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching, as well as authoring articles on educational pedagogy and practice. His teaching methodology and research has been highlighted in several books and on National Public Radio.