About
Credentials: PhD
Daniel Koo, Ph.D., serves as Interim Strategic Planning and Operations Officer in the Office of the Provost. In this role, he supports university-wide strategic planning, academic operations, organizational effectiveness, and cross-functional initiatives across Academic Affairs. A longtime professor in the Psychology undergraduate program, Dr. Koo previously served for six years as School Director of the School of Human Services and Sciences, where he led academic program development, faculty support, cross-discipline initiatives, enrollment growth, and clinical training operations. His leadership emphasizes collaboration, data-informed decision-making, and advancing Gallaudet’s strategic plans in alignment with its academic mission.
Currently Teaching
| PSY-101 | Introduction to Psychology | Credits: 3 |
- PSY-311 Dev I: Child Psychology (2011/01)(01)
- PSY-324 Cognition (2009/01)(01)
- PSY-324 Cognition (2010/01)(01)
- PSY-324 Cognition (2011/01)(01)
- PSY-324 Cognition (2014/01)(01)
- PSY-324 Cognition (2012/02)(01)
- PSY-324 Cognition (2014/02)(OL1)
- PSY-331 Rsrch Methods in Psychology I (2009/01)(01)
- PSY-331 Statistics for Behavioral Scie (2010/01)(01)
- PSY-331 Statistics for Behavioral Scie (2011/01)(01)
- PSY-331 Statistics for Behavioral Scie (2012/01)(01)
- PSY-331 Statistics for Behavioral Scie (2013/01)(01)
- PSY-331 Statistics for Behavioral Scie (2014/01)(01)
- PSY-331 Statistics for Behavioral Scie (2012/02)(01)
- PSY-331 Statistics for Behavioral Scie (2013/02)(01)
- PSY-332 Rsrch Methods in Psychology II (2011/02)(01)
- PSY-332 Rsrch Methods in Psychology II (2014/02)(01)
- PSY-424 Neuropsychology (2009/02)(01)
- PSY-424 Neuropsychology (2011/02)(01)
- PSY-424 Neuropsychology (2014/02)(01)
- PSY-448 Psycholinguistics (2009/01)(01)
- PSY-448 Psycholinguistics (2013/01)(01)
- PSY-448 Psycholinguistics (2010/02)(01)
- PSY-495 Special Topics (2013/02)(01)
- PSY-495 Special Topics (2012/01)(02)
- PSY-499 Independent Study (2009/02)(01)
- PSY-499 Independent Study (2010/02)(02)
- PSY-815 Psycholinguistics (2010/02)(01)
- PSY-815 Psycholinguistics (2012/02)(01)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2017/01)(15)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2018/01)(15)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2019/01)(15)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2020/01)(15)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2017/02)(15)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2018/02)(15)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2019/02)(15)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2016/02)(16)
- PSY-101 Intro to Psychology (2018/01)(01)
- PSY-101 Intro to Psychology (2019/02)(01)
- PSY-101 Intro to Psychology (2018/02)(02)
- PSY-101 Intro to Psychology (2019/01)(03)
- PSY-101 Intro to Psychology (2017/02)(03)
- PSY-101 Intro to Psychology (2018/02)(04)
- PSY-270 Psychology and Deaf People (2016/01)(01)
- PSY-324 Cognition (2015/01)(01)
- PSY-324 Cognition (2018/01)(01)
- PSY-341 Research Design and Analysis I (2015/01)(01)
- PSY-341 Research Design and Analysis I (2016/01)(01)
- PSY-341 Research Design and Analysis I (2017/01)(01)
- PSY-341 Research Design and Analysis I (2019/01)(01)
- PSY-341 Research Design and Analysis I (2020/01)(01)
- PSY-341 Research Design and Analysis I (2016/02)(01)
- PSY-341 Research Design and Analysis I (2019/02)(01)
- PSY-342 Rsrch Design and Analysis II (2017/02)(01)
- PSY-424 Neuropsychology (2016/02)(01)
- PSY-499 Independent Study (2016/02)(01)
- PSY-499 Independent Study (2019/02)(02)
- PSY-815 Psycholinguistics (2015/01)(01)
- PSY-899 Independent Study (2016/01)(01)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2020/02)(13)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2020/02)(15)
- PSY-101 Intro to Psychology (2020/02)(01)
- PSY-101 Intro to Psychology (2019/02)(02)
- PSY-101 Intro to Psychology (2019/02)(03)
- PSY-324 Cognition (2016/01)(OL1)
- PSY-324 Cognition (2017/01)(OL1)
- PSY-324 Cognition (2019/01)(OL1)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2021/01)(05)
- PSY-424 Neuropsychology (2021/01)(HY01)
- VEE-101 First Year Seminar Part I (2021/01)(07)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2018/02)(13)
- PSY-341 Research Design and Analysis I (2022/01)(1)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2022/01)(5)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2021/02)(OL5)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2022/02)(05)
- PSY-448 Psycholinguistics (2023/01)(01)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2023/01)(05)
- Advising Load 2020/01: Total:13 Undergraduate:12 Doctoral:1
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2023/02)(05)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2023/03)(01)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2024/01)(05)
- PSY-342 Rsrch Design and Analysis II (2024/01)(OL1)
- INT-900 Dissertation Research (2024/02)(05)
- PSY-324 Cognition (2024/02)(OL1)
- VEE-101 Examine Seminar (2025/01)(10)
- 2014 College of Arts and Sciences Rising Star Faculty Award for Distinguished scholarship/research
- Neuroanatomical profiles of deafness in the context of native language experience
- Cortical plasticity for visuospatial processing and object recognition in deaf and hearing signers
- Neuroanatomical evidence in support of the bilingual advantage theory
- Psycholinguistic study of phonological processes in deaf adult cuers
- On the nature of phonological representations and processing strategies in deaf cuers of English.
- Phonological awareness and short-term memory in hearing and deaf individuals of different communication backgrounds
- Phonology and reading: A response to Wang, Trezek, Luckner, and Paul
- Assessing Literacy in Deaf Individuals
- Teaching statistics and research methods to English Language Learners
- Psychologists' Use of Touch in Individual Psychotherapy with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Clients
- Paired associate learning in deaf readers
- Verbal fluency performance among deaf readers
- Diverse reading: Verbal fluency differences between strong and weak readers
- Brain morphometry in deaf native users of ASL and deaf native users of English
- Anatomical differences in bilinguals of spoken and signed languages
- Effects of sensory and signed language experience on the neural basis of visual motion processing
- Setting the bilingual table
- Performances of Bilingual Deaf Emerging Adults on an ASL Administration of the Boston Naming Test-Second Edition
- Our Chosen Path
- Exploratory Study of an ASL Administration of the D-KEFS Trail Making Test with Bilingual Deaf Adult Signers
- Cognitive and Electrophysiological Correlates of Phonological Processes in Deaf Undergraduate Readers- (Gallaudet University Priority Grant)
- Effect of language and communication mode on phonological processing- (Visual Language Visual Learning Science of Learning Center Grant)
- ASL Administration of the D-KEFS Trail Making Test with Bilingual Deaf Adult Signers: An Exploratory Stud
Performance of Bilingual Deaf Emerging Adults on an ASL Administration of the Boston Naming Test-Second Edition
Exploratory Study of an ASL Administration of the D-KEFS Trail Making Test with Bilingual Deaf Adult Signers
ASL Linguistic Features when Administering the Boston Naming Test to Bilingual Deaf Emerging Adults
- Tenure and Promotion Committee: Member 2016/01-2019/02
- Tenure and Promotion Committee: Chair 2018/01-2019/02
- Faculty Development Committee: Member 2011/01-2013/02
- Ayden Carrier-Clinical Psychology (Pre-dissertation) 2024/01
- Director, School of Human Services and Sciences 2019/03
- Bilingual Professional Development Group 2009/01-2009/02
- Faculty Search Committee VL2 Scientific Director Position 2009/01-2009/02
- DEDI Search Committee Chair 2021/01-2021/01
- Provost Search Committee 2022/01-2022/02
- Clinical Director Search Committee for HSC 2022/01-2022/02
- Space Management Committee 2020/01-2021/01
- Biology Academic Program Review 2021/02-2021/02
- Co-Chair MLC Steering Committee 2023/01
- Treasurer: CueSign Inc 2015/02
- Board member: Deaf Calvary Church 2005/02
