Teaching & Public Speaking

Feedback from Students

"Daniel is such an amazing instructor. He always went the extra mile to ensure that students understood the content. He provided a wealth of insight, resources, and knowledge to help students digest the content... he spent hours meeting with me and supporting me in the pivot to a new project. He was always very understanding and patient and really helped me through the process. If I had to take this course again, I would definitely want to take it with Daniel."

"Daniel was very helpful and accommodating throughout the process of identifying evaluation projects, analyzing data, and presenting it. He made himself available and acted as a thought partner to help with thinking through barriers and providing feedback on how to create a compelling narrative. He made what was an initially daunting and scary task more manageable."

"Daniel made learning research--a tedious process--interesting and it is evident that research is his passion."

"Daniel is very knowledgeable and displayed a lot of patience and understanding throughout the course. He was always available and very responsive via email, phone, and during office hours. He also had appointment times available outside of his office hours via Calendly. Daniel really devoted a lot of his time to ensure that students felt confident about the information and content of the course... He made sure the material was inclusive to a diverse range of learning styles and student backgrounds... and did a really great job of connecting students to resources and information... he really is the best of the best."

"Daniel is a fair and respectful professor who understands the realities of graduate school. He readily offered accommodations and adjustments to ease the pressure of deadlines and other life stressors. He used the class time well and offered real–world examples of how the material is applied in social work practice."

"I initially came into this class with anxiety and at a deficit. I really enjoy how Daniel delivers information and how he connects it to realistic examples. He is also very encouraging and more researcher professors could learn class engagement from him."

"Daniel was an exceptional instructor. He was accommodating, patient, helpful, and knowledgeable, despite the many responsibilities he had in his life. I learned a lot from Daniel, especially in our the consultations. I never felt patronized or as if I should be ashamed for asking a question or not knowing anything during class sessions or consultations. Daniel provided excellent resources to us throughout the semester and gave as much support as was necessary... it was a joy to learn from him in the classroom."

"Daniel made himself so available to us outside of class for help with projects, explained things in such a clear way, and I just overall felt truly supported by him and like he wanted us to succeed. He managed to make a very intimidating course not intimidating at all, which I think helped me learn more."

"Even though I was dreading the course because I don't typically enjoy statistics or research methods, he helped to make the class more applicable and understandable. He was engaging and so helpful whenever we had questions or if any problems came up. Class was well–structured, but he was flexible to accommodate for problems that arose and understanding about the difficulties of navigating class completely over Zoom. He is an asset to UNC and I know that MSW students would benefit from being in his classes in the future."

"Daniel was honestly so great. He made a this beast of a course and project easier to understand and more enjoyable to complete. He was available to us if we needed him and explained tough concepts really well... I actually enjoyed completing parts of my program evaluation."

"He was so kind and helpful. We all got to meet with him individually as much as needed to ask questions about our projects, and he seemed genuinely interested and gave really specific feedback. I was worried about this class because one semester seemed really short to do an entire evaluation, but he broke it down clearly for us and paced the course content well. And he was very understanding about issues that came up due to COVID and helped us find appropriate ways to frame our questions/results during this weird time."

"I typically struggle with research/evaluation courses, but Daniel taught the content really well and I appreciated his continuous grace and patience with us as a class as we navigated through this unprecedented pandemic year."

"Daniel is very empathetic and flexible as an instructor, while still maintaining rigor in assignments. I so appreciated how communicative he was via email, especially when he would send emails throughout the week to provide details and update everyone in assignments, etc. He also quickly responded to emails that I sent him, which was invaluable to me during such a busy last semester. His feedback on the worksheets were so helpful to me and I appreciate that he took time to write so many comments on each assignment."

"Daniel did a great job of explaining concepts in different ways to accommodate different learning styles... simply one of the best instructors I have had. He conveys the material in a way that is approachable and provides individual help on a regular basis."