Dr. Annie J. Daniel is an Assistant Professor of Middle Level Education in the Division of Educational and Psychological Studies at Dillard University. Dr. Daniel serves as advisor for the Dillard University Collegiate Middle Level Association Organization for students, program coordinator for the Middle Level Education Program, the Middle Level Education Institute, and is a board member on the Louisiana Middle School Association. Prior to her appointment at Dillard University, she was Coordinator of the Plato Credit Recovery Computer Lab at an alternative high school in East Baton Rouge Parish School System (EBRPSS).
In addition, she has several years of experience as a classroom teacher at the middle and high school levels in East Baton Rouge Parish School System and West Baton Rouge Parish School System. She received her Ph.D. from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. She studied at the University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana (West Africa). Her research interests include causes and consequences of ineffective use of technology in urban schools, the study of middle and high school students' perceptions of deviance when using the Internet and computers, the effects teacher mentoring on preservice teachers' preparedness to enter the teaching profession, the dynamics of leadership and structure of alternative education, and the long-term effect of school reform on urban schools.
Dr. Daniel has presented her research at numerous local, regional, national and international conferences. During the summer of 2004, she was invited by the Ministry of Education of Malaysia to participate as a paper presenter and discussant in the "APEC Seminar on Best Practices and Innovations in the Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics at the Secondary School Level." Additionally, her research on technology use has been published in referred journals. During the 2003-2004, academic year she was awarded the Dillard University Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and the Provost's Extra Mile Award for traveling the Shanghai, P. R. of China to present her research. Daniel holds a Type "A" teaching certificate for the state of Louisiana in the areas of secondary education, adult education and supervision of student teachers. She has served as a member of the EBRPSS Instructional/Pupil Services Committee and the School Improvement Team, which afforded her the opportunity to assist in making decisions to improve teaching and learning district-wide.