Daniel Farmer’s MSU Journey

Welcome to my Michigan State University Master of Arts in Education portfolio!

My journey as a student in this program has been filled with valuable insights and unique challenges. I started my journey as a single man while living in Taipei, Taiwan ready to take a new step in my career. I am ending my student career in my hometown of Philadelphia, PA as a married father.

The mutual development of my personal and professional life has augmented my student experience and colored my approach to my education. Early in my schooling, much of my perspective was hypothetical. I was imagining future classrooms that I may teach in. In the second half of my education, I applied the lens of parenting and educating my son.

I invite you to explore the below sections to understand the insights and lessons of my degree program.

DJF: A Professional Biography

Daniel Farmer is an MA Ed student at Michigan State University. He holds a B.A. in Environmental studies from the University of Delaware where he also earned minors in Spanish studies and Organizational Leadership. Farmer’s professional work has spanned countries and industries, from working as a writer and research associate on a bioacoustics project for Future Generations University to a Spanish teacher at Taipei American School to a community science air monitoring project manager for Physicians for Social Responsibility PA. Farmer commits his professional endeavors to the good of communities and the good of the planet. He aims to create an educational organization that centers a community and its land as the focal point for learning.