Dan Gillette is the director of the Education and Behavioral Healthcare
Initiative at the Greenleaf Institute, and a lead designer in
behavioral medicine at Greenleaf Medical. Additionally, Dan is chair of
the Innovative Technology for Autism Advisory Board at Autism
Speaks/Cure Autism Now, and regularly consults and conducts research in
education, psychology, product design, and disability studies. Dan has
held research and teaching positions at Stanford University, UC
Berkeley, Mills College, and CSU Monterey Bay. Additionally, Dan has
extensive experience as a learning specialist at the middle school,
high school, undergraduate, and graduate levels, both in private
practice and in school settings. Before getting into educational
psychology and product design, Dan had a ten-year career as a musician
and composer, and also a stint as a bicycle courier.
Dan holds a B.A. in human development from the Lesley College Graduate
School, and an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education,
where he concentrated in cognitive science, psychology, and
instructional design.
