Dr. Daniel Moraguez

Dr. Daniel Moraguez is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Administration. His research interests include leadership for equity and social justice in K-12 schools, culturally sustaining education, principal preparation, and instructional technologies. As a researcher in the Virtual Practicum Lab at the University of Virginia, he has studied the effects of interactive learning tools such as immersive, AI-enhanced digital simulations on leadership decision making and self-efficacy. In an ongoing project, aspiring leaders engage in reality-based rehearsal opportunities with three types of simulated learning tools. Initial findings indicate a digital simulation practicum may serve to influence the practice of ethical leadership, leadership confidence, decision making, as well as bridge theory and practice in lieu of additional time in the field.

At FSU, he is currently designing a study on simulated learning for the enhancement of leadership preparedness, particularly around equity and social justice competences. The simulated learning program would be in addition to existing pedagogies and provide additional formative assessment opportunities of learning and development, immediate feedback to students, and include two types of simulations—choose-your-own-adventure style digital simulations and mixed reality simulations.

Dr. Moraguez holds a Ph.D. in Administration & Supervision from the University of Virginia and a Master of Science in Education from The City College of New York. His research has been published in the Journal of Educational Administration and the Journal of Research in Leadership Education. He is a first-generation, Hispanic/Latinx scholar from Hialeah, Florida. He has proudly worked as an elementary school teacher in public, independent, and international schools in New York City and Taiwan.