Department Chair
Ph.D., Human Development Education, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 2004
M.A. Education, Instructional Systems Development, University of Maryland, Baltimore,
MD 1995
B.S., Psychology, Morgan State University 1992
Head Start, Technology and Young Children
Daniels, J., Liu, X., & Altwerger, B. (2015). 鈥淶ero Inch Voices鈥� Imposing silence in primary classrooms. In N. Shelton & B. Altwerger (Eds.) Literacy policies and practices in Conflict: Reclaiming classrooms in networked times (pp. 144-162) London: Routledge.
Laster, B. P. & Daniels, J. (2015). Schools and communities: Multiple voices, divergent goals. In N. Shelton & B. Altwerger (Eds.) Literacy policies and practices in Conflict: Reclaiming classrooms in networked times (pp. 104-123) London: Routledge.
Daniels, J. (2012). Home literacy environment of African American Head Start children. Journal of Education and Learning, 6(3), 133-146.
Wiltz, N. W., Daniels, J., Skelley, H. A., Cawley, H. S. & Watson-Thompson, O. (2012). Developing and presenting a professional portfolio in early childhood education (3rd Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Gupta, S. S. & Daniels, J. (2012). Coaching and professional development in early childhood classrooms: Current practices and recommendations for the future. NHSA Dialog: A Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early Childhood Field, 15:2, 206-220 doi: 10.1080/15240754.2012.665509
Daniels, J. (2012). 鈥淓lectronic Portfolios.鈥� In N. Wiltz, et al. Developing and presenting a professional portfolio in early childhood education (3rd Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson
Daniels, J., Dudiak, M., Davenport, P., & Borja, M. (2012). Piloting the use of electronic portfolios in a teacher education program: The students鈥� perspective. In P. Resta (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (pp. 3892-3898). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Retrieved from
Daniels, J. & Washington, P. (2010). Effective Integration of Technology into the Early Childhood Classroom: Exploring Changing Attitudes and Practices of Classroom Teachers. In D. Gibson & B. Dodge (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2010 (pp. 1051-1054). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Lieber, J. Butera, G., Hanson, M., Palmer, S., Horn, E., Czaja, C., Diamond, K., Goodman-Jansen, G., Daniels, J., Gupta, S., & Odom, S. (2009). Factors that influence the implementation of a new preschool curriculum. Early Education and Development, 20(3), 456-481.
Daniels, J., Groves, M. A., Huezo, R., Irani, D., Poliakova, L., Watson-Thompson, O., Wheeler, E. J. (2007). Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten for All: A cost-benefit analysis for the State of Maryland. Task Force on Universal Preschool Education. Baltimore, MD: MSDE.
Raikes, H. A., Daniels, J., Cristofaro, T., & Quiroz, B. (2004). Narratives, conversations, and literacy environments: Links to children鈥檚 social-emotional and language development. Proceedings of the 7th National Head Start Research Conference.