After graduating from the Media Lab, Daily joined
Clemson University's School of Computing in the
Human-Centered Computing Division as an
assistant professor. There she was promoted to associate professor and served as co-chair of the division. In 2012, Daily was involved in a controversial project to measure
galvanic skin response in classrooms using bracelets from startup
Affectiva. The project was funded by the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and was criticized by
Diane Ravitch of New York University. Daily's work at Clemson focused on the use of dance to teach programming. Students used
block programming to choreograph dances in a virtual environment. The aim of the research was to help bridge the gender gap in computer science and engineering. In 2015, she joined the Department of Computing and Information Sciences at the
University of Florida as an associate professor, before moving to Duke University where she serves as an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. As Faculty Director of Duke Technology Scholars Program, QuadEx lead Faculty Fellow, and faculty representative of the executive committee for the Pratt School of Engineering Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Community Committee, Daily continues working for equity in education. Daily's accomplishments have been documented in articles, web series and podcasts. She was featured in news sources for her work fusing dance and a virtual environment to teach computer programming as well as
The Washington Post for her work exploring privacy and trust issues of
affective computing in the classroom. Daily was featured alongside
Neil deGrasse Tyson and
Mayim Bialik on the PBS web series
The Secret Life Of Scientists And Engineers. == Honors and awards ==