Recruitment and Admission Focus Area
- Workforce initiative for the UD Sinclair Academy
Danielle Boone
Program Director
Staff
Enrollment Management:
Recruitment and Admission
Danielle Boone
Program Director
Staff
Enrollment Management:
Recruitment and Admission
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Why I Love UD
UD was the first academic environment where I could fully integrate my Catholic faith with my scholarly identity, without feeling as though I had to compromise either. Attending UD as a nontraditional graduate student and completing my doctorate here, was not just an academic milestone, but a deeply formative experience that affirmed my values and strengthened my sense of purpose. The friendships that I developed at UD are lifelong, and the relationships I developed with faculty are some of my most cherished connections. The faculty who taught me and mentored my research invested in my development with intention and extraordinary care. Their mentorship has served as a beacon of light and has empowered me to pursue the work and future that I once thought was unattainable. Here at UD, lives are transformed and dreams are made into reality; my family and I are living proof of that statement.
Biography
B.S. Psychology, Minor in Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness; Central Michigan University
M.S. Psychology, Industrial Organizational Concentration; Southern New Hampshire University
Ph.D. Educational Leadership, Higher Education Administration; University of Dayton
Danielle M. Boone, Ph.D. is a principal researcher, workforce development expert, and executive consultant with over a decade of experience advancing trauma-informed, evidence-based solutions across higher education, business, healthcare, and nonprofit sectors. Having served as a Workforce Development Subject Matter Expert and consultant for worldwide organizations, Dr. Boone has led research, conducted extensive program evaluations, and established grant strategy efforts that have strengthened workforce resilience and driven impactful organizational change.
A former Academic Director and Faculty of Innovation Fellow, Dr. Boone is known for her leadership in faculty development, adult education, and innovation in experiential education. She currently teaches psychology, research methods, and organizational effectiveness courses in higher education, where she has been recognized repeatedly for pedagogical and inclusive excellence.
Dr. Boone holds a Ph.D. of Educational Leadership for Higher Education Administration from the University of Dayton, with scholarly expertise in experiential learning, faculty support, workplace trauma, workforce sustainability, and professional learning and development. She is the author of several technical papers and peer-reviewed studies focused on those in helping professions, vicarious trauma and moral injury of workers in high stress career fields, and the effects of community and belonging on workforce success. Dr. Boone is a contributing author to the first professional reference book written on mentoring female faculty members who are mothers and has been asked to present her experiential learning research at international conferences. Her professional impact also includes serving on grant review boards, mentoring military families, and leading service efforts to support underserved and caregiving populations.