Christy McConnell, PhD
Educator and Speaker
Ecologically Minded Adventurer
Author and Collaborator
International Keynote Speaker
Over 40 National Presentations & 30 Scholarly Publications
Nationally Recognized Distinguished Mentor
University of Denver Master Scholar
20 Years as Professor of Education
2.5 Years as Nonprofit Executive Director, Retreat Leader & Founder
PhD in Curriculum and Instruction and Master's Degree in Professional Creative Writing
Author and Collaborator
Ecologically Minded Adventurer
Author and Collaborator
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)
Ecologically Minded Adventurer
Ecologically Minded Adventurer
Ecologically Minded Adventurer
Quiet hiker, grateful explorer, and spiritual seeker embracing Wildness in the American Southwest.
From the Edge
My Mission
I work and write from the edge of experience--where scholarship meets story, where research gives way to wonder, and where knowing becomes being.
Through experiential inquiry, I invite and accompany others into transformative spaces where their relationship with nature reveals their soul's longings.
I write from the field, listening to the landscape and its inhabitants, human and more-than-human. I accept their invitations for adventure, community, solitude, and mystery. Join me through Field Notes, retreats, writing workshops, and more. Together, let's awaken the wildness we need and deserve.