Dr. Jarvis teaches courses in the teacher education (BEd) and graduate (MEd/PhD) programs within the Schulich School of Education (Faculty Publication Poster) at Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario. His research interests include math teaching, math/technology use in the workplace, curriculum integration, and STEAM education.

He has completed a SSHRC-funded international (Canada/UK) research project exploring the use of Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) technology in undergraduate mathematics instruction. He has also worked on the following collaborative research projects: GeoVisage, a spatial decision support tool for northeastern Ontario farmers (with Geography and Computer Science colleagues); technological and mathematical demands on nurses and nursing students and a DCCT Model implementation (with School of Nursing and BPHE colleagues); innovative CAS technology use in undergraduate mathematics teaching and assessment (with Dr. C. Buteau, Brock U; Dr. C. Doran, U Alberta); and the Education for Innovation (E4I) Canadian Teacher Resource (with SSoE colleagues).

Dan is the co-author (with Dr. Irene Naested) of the book, Exploring the math and art connection: Teaching and learning between the lines (Brush Education, 2012); co-editor (with Dr. Susan Elliott-Johns) of the book, Perspectives on transitions in schooling and instructional practice (University of Toronto Press, 2013); co-editor (with Dr. Mumbi Kariuki) of the book, Co-teaching in higher education: From theory to co-practice (University of Toronto Press, 2017); and co-editor (with Dr. Julie Corkett, Dr. Jeff Scott, and Dr. Astrid Steele) of the book, Beyond and within: Living and teaching in majority world countries (CreateSpace, 2018).

Dr. Jarvis served as Chair of Graduate Studies in Education (2011-13), and as Director (2021-22) and Associate Dean (Interim) of the Bachelor of Education programs (2022-24). His research publications can be found via Google Scholar, ORCID, and ResearchGate.