He currently teaches educational research methods courses for the University, and has worked as a consultant with the NSEUS project. Prior to his work in higher education, Dantzler was the owner of a program evaluation consulting firm. His fifteen years of work with this firm consisted of designing research and evaluation surrounding federally funded programs in engineering education, K-12 education, mental health, low income housing, substance abuse prevention, criminal justice, HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, and public health. Currently, his research interests are in the areas of psychometric development, graduate student identity as researchers, and count-based data analysis. Dantzler has a Ph.D. in Educational Research with an emphasis in psychometrics and program evaluation.