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Larry G. Daniel
Center for Leadership and Organizations
Center for Leadership and Organizations
Professor and Director, Center for Leadership and Organizations
ldaniel@andersonuniversity.edu
Carriage House
Academic Background
Dr. Larry G. Daniel is Professor and Director, Center for Leadership and Organizations. He has served as an academic leader for more than 20 years, including service as an academic dean at three universities. He has published research in the areas of leadership, research design and methods, teacher education, educational policy, and educational change. He is a Christian lay leader and has served on various community boards . Larry and his wife, Caren, enjoy good restaurants, travel, and spending time with their children and grandchildren.
BA in Secondary Education/English, Southeastern University
M.Ed in Special Education, University of New Orleans
Ph.D in Educational Administration, University of New Orleans
Fast Facts
I have a passion for working with advanced graduate students focused on developing as leaders and scholars. Anderson provides a context for bringing a Christian worldview to my work with students.
The term “leadership” means much more than the individuals holding certain positions in an organization. Leadership is all the processes and individuals that assure the organization’s effective operation. Leaders are not simply born to lead. There is a science of leadership that can be learned and practiced to assure leader effectiveness.
- I am a Past President of the Southwest Educational Research Association and the Teacher Education Council of State Colleges and Universities.
- I have served as chair of state deans’ organizations in Florida, South Carolina, and Texas.
- I am a past recipient of the Walter Mathews Historical Contribution Award (Mid-South Educational Research Association), the Robert Howsam Award (Texas Association of Colleges for Teacher Education), and the Leadership Award (Florida Association of Colleges for Teacher Education).
- I was named to Marquis Who’s Who in 2022.
Our Ph.D students are energetic and motivated. They do an exceptional job maximizing their student outcomes while simultaneously attending to their family and career responsibilities.
Leadership and Organizational Theories, Applied Leadership, Policy, Research Design, Quantitative Methods.
- Daniel, L. G., Easley II, J., DeJesus, O., & Edmonson, S. (2025). Leading the transformation of preservice teacher preparation. In E. Lampert-Shepel & A. Zimmerman (Eds.), Collaborating for transformative change in education: Lessons from within a teacher-educator coalition (pp. 25-41). New York, NY: Routledge.
- Daniel, L. G., & Badgett, K. (2022). Social and emotional needs of principals. In L. A. Westberry (Ed.), Support for principals: Firsthand experiences in planning programs and activities (pp. 1-14). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
- Badgett, K., & Daniel, L. G. (2022). Principal evaluation practices that support individual and organizational growth. In L. A. Westberry (Ed.), Learning opportunities for principals: Methods for meeting the needs of today’s administrators (pp. 65-82). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
- Daniel, L. G. (2021). How can an understanding of and acknowledgement of the effects of sin and evil inform solutions to organizational and societal problems? In J. G. Smith & E. D. Renslow (Eds.), Blessed are those who ask the questions: What should we be asking about management, spirituality, and religion in organizations? (pp. 267-290). Charlotte, NC: Information Age.
- Patel, N. H., Franco, S. M., & Daniel, L. G. (2019). Student engagement and achievement: A comparison of STEM schools, STEM programs, and non-STEM settings. Research in the Schools, 26(1), 1-11.
