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Dan Sarofian-Butin, PhD, is a Full Professor in, and Founding Dean of, the Winston School of Education & Social Policy at Merrimack College. Dr. Sarofian-Butin is the author and editor of 100+ academic publications, including eight books, several of which have been translated into three languages. His scholarship focuses on civic and community engagement, teacher preparation, and the intersection of technology and pedagogy in higher education. He has been one of the top 200 "Public Presence" Education Scholars, consulted for, among others, the US Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), and written for publications as varied as InsideHigherEd, Education Week, the Huffington Post, and the Times Higher Education. Prior to working in higher education, Dr. Sarofian-Butin was a middle school math and science teacher and the chief financial officer of Teach For America. Dr. Sarofian-Butin has a B.S. in Management Science from MIT, an M.A. in Liberal Education from St. John's College, and a Ph.D. in Social Foundations of Education from the University of Virginia.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- 2024. “At the Crossroads of Innovation: Embracing AI to Foster Deep Learning in the College Classroom” in Educause Review. July 17 2024.
- 2024. “There are No Shortcuts to Thinking.” in EdNext. April 1, 2024.
- 2024. “ChatGPT is My Co-Pilot.” in Times Higher Education. January 31, 2024.
- 2023. “Higher education must wrestle harder to escape ChatGPT’s death grip” in Times Higher Education. August 15, 2023.
- 2023. “To Outwit ChatGPT, lecturers must embrace it.” in Times Higher Education. February 21, 2023.
- 2022. “Are You Smarter Than a 13th Grader?” in InsideHigherEd. September 13, 2022.
- 2022. “A Review of Rebecca Natow’s Reexamining the Federal Role in Higher Education”, In Teachers College Record. (invited book review.)
- 2022. “Saving The University from Itself: Stanley Fish, Higher Education, and The Role of the Public Intellectual.” In J. DeVitis (Ed.) The Future of Higher Education: How Today's Public Intellectuals Frame the Debate. Stylus Press.