Author

David A. Joiner is the Acting Associate Dean of the School of Integrative Science and Technology and the Kenneth L. Estabrook professor of Science, Technology, and Mathematics Education at Kean University. His work includes computational science education, data science, and the application of computational science to problems in astronomy. Dr. Joiner is developing software tools for performing scientific visualization and analysis in virtual reality environments, including a recent NIH funded project focused on confocal microscope data. Dr. Joiner manages a NSF-funded project through the IUSE-HSI program focused on increasing research opportunities for undergraduates from underrepresented backgrounds. Dr. Joiner’s work in educational technology focuses on building hardware and software tools that enhance the classroom. Dr. Joiner is a member of the LittleFe team that builds and designs portable cluster computers for classroom use, and has worked with the Shodor Education Foundation helping to design such tools as Project Interactivate and the Modeling and Simulation Tools for Education Reform. Dr. Joiner was a Co-PI on the Computational Science Education Reference Desk project funded through the National Science Foundation’s National Science Digital Library, and has served as an instructor for the National Computational Science Institute, developing curriculum for NCSI’s workshops on parallel and distributed computing and visualization. As an astrophysicist, Dr. Joiner’s work focuses on modeling properties of the interstellar medium, particularly through the use of radiative transfer for embedded objects such as asymptotic giant branch stars and cataclysmic objects such as novae.