David Donahue

David Donahue is Professor of Education and previously, the Director of the McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good at the University of San Francisco. Before coming to USF in 2015, he was the Interim Provost and Associate Provost at Mills College in Oakland, California, and worked there for more than twenty years as a professor of education where he taught and advised doctoral students, teacher credential candidates, and undergraduates. He has a Ph.D. in Education from Stanford University and a B.A. in History from Brown University. His research interests include teacher learning generally and learning from service learning and the arts specifically.  He has also published on LGBTQ issues in education. He is co-editor of Artful Teaching: Integrating the Arts for Understanding Across the Curriculum, 2nd edition (2024) Art-Centered Learning Across the Curriculum: Integrating Contemporary Art in the Secondary School Classroom (2014) and, both published by Teachers College Press.  He is also co-editor of The Student Companion to Community-Engaged Learning (2018) published by Stylus.

• Teacher Education
• Service Learning
• Arts Education

• PhD, Education, Stanford University
• MA, History, Stanford University
• MAT, Social Studies, Brown University
• BA, History, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Brown University

• Mary Metz chair for creativity and excellence in teaching, Mills College, 2013
• Engaged Scholar for New Perspectives in Higher Education, Campus Compact, 2008
• Sarlo Award for outstanding teaching, Mills College 2005

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• Marshall, J. & Donahue, D. (2014). Art-centered learning across the curriculum: Integrating contemporary art in the secondary school classroom. New York: Teachers College Press.
• Cress, C. & Donahue, D. (2011). Democratic dilemmas of teaching service learning: Curricular strategies for success. Sterling VA: Stylus Publishing.
• Donahue, D. & Stuart, J. (2010). Artful teaching: Learning to integrate the arts for understanding across the disciplines. New York: Teachers College Press.
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