He works to integrate the professions the family therapy and social work in his classes, in publications/presentations, in program development, and in practice. Dan also serves on the Advisory Board for the Global Partnership for Transformative Social Work, an international organization focused on education, research, and practices that support social justice locally and globally. Dan has a passion for qualitative inquiry, particularly the more participatory forms. He is Co-Editor of The Qualitative Report (http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/index.html), an open-access online journal dedicated to publishing creative and well-done qualitative research in all disciplines worldwide. In practice, research, and teaching endeavors, Dan enjoys the improvisational, the artistic, and the relational.