Christy McConnell, PhD

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Award-winning Author of Three Books

Awakening Wildness: Reconnecting with Nature and Ourselves, 2026

Lesson Planning with Purpose: Five Approaches to Curriculum Design, 2020 (With B. Conrad & B. Uhrmacher). O.L. Davis National Book Award; Professors of Education Honorable Mention

Using Educational Criticism and Connoisseurship for Qualitative Research, 2017  (With D. Flinders & B. Uhrmacher)

International Keynote Speaker

Over 40 National Presentations & 30 Scholarly Publications

Nationally Recognized Distinguished Mentor

Former Editor of Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue

19 Years as Professor of Education

2.5 Years as Nonprofit Executive Director & Founder

Quiet 

Hiker

Reverent 

Daughter

Grateful 

Explorer

Spiritual 

Seeker

Embracing Wildness in the American Southwest