Dr. Danny Diaz
Dr. Danny Diaz is director of the UCLA History-Geography Project at UCLA Center X and a former secondary history-social science educator in Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley. He has twenty-five years of experience in K–12 public education, spanning classroom teaching, graduate-level instruction, university-based professional learning, curriculum development, and public history programming. As director, Diaz leads sustained professional learning and curriculum initiatives that deepen teachers' content knowledge, instructional practice, and pedagogy. Through teacher-facing institutes and symposia, as well as community-centered programs such as IE Stories and Local Voices, he connects historical scholarship, community history, archives, and classroom practice. He oversees the UCLA History-Geography Project's open-access curriculum resources, which support teachers in implementing inquiry-driven instruction across US history, world history, ethnic studies, and civics. These resources are designed not only to enhance teaching practice but to provide students with lessons that inspire critical thinking and civic engagement. His work is rooted in the belief that education plays a vital role in sustaining and strengthening our multiracial democracy.
Dr. Danny Diaz is director of the UCLA History-Geography Project at UCLA Center X and a former secondary history-social science educator in Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley. He has twenty-five years of experience in K–12 public education, spanning classroom teaching, graduate-level instruction, university-based professional learning, curriculum development, and public history programming. As director, Diaz leads sustained professional learning and curriculum initiatives that deepen teachers' content knowledge, instructional practice, and pedagogy. Through teacher-facing institutes and symposia, as well as community-centered programs such as IE Stories and Local Voices, he connects historical scholarship, community history, archives, and classroom practice. He oversees the UCLA History-Geography Project's open-access curriculum resources, which support teachers in implementing inquiry-driven instruction across US history, world history, ethnic studies, and civics. These resources are designed not only to enhance teaching practice but to provide students with lessons that inspire critical thinking and civic engagement. His work is rooted in the belief that education plays a vital role in sustaining and strengthening our multiracial democracy.