Dan is the Executive Director for Advising Curriculum and Policy for the Robinson Center Scholars and Undergraduate Advising in Undergraduate Academic Affairs.  Dan graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Economics and a minor in Geography. Both were disciplines he settled on shortly after taking introductory courses in each area and finding the subjects fascinating. He was also fortunate enough to participate in a CHID focus group entitled Rethinking the University which examined higher education through the eyes of the undergraduate participants. It was this experience that changed how he viewed higher education and started him on the path toward advising.

Despite thoroughly enjoying his work as an undergraduate he ran off and got a law degree after graduation seeking a steady paycheck. The legal profession didn’t stick and after bouncing around various jobs he had the good fortune of working at the University of Pennsylvania in their College House System. This rekindled his desire to work with students helping them find meaning in their undergraduate studies—something he has the good fortune of doing on a daily basis back at UW.