Christine McConnell, Ph.D.

Professor

School of Teacher Education
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

Email

christine.mcconnell@unco.edu

Phone

970-351-2438

Mailing Address

University of Northern Colorado
School of Teacher Education
Campus Box 107
Greeley, CO 80639

Ph.D., University of Denver, Denver, CO (2007) | Curriculum and Instruction, with emphasis in curriculum studies
M.A. University of Denver, Denver, CO (1999) | Education with emphasis in urban education
B.A. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1996) | English (Philosophy Minor)

University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
Professor, Educational Foundations and Curriculum Studies, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, Fall 2019 to Present. Coordinator, Educational Studies Doctorate (2014-2022); Coordinator, Master of Arts in Teaching: Curriculum Studies

Associate Professor, Educational Foundations and Curriculum Studies, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, Fall 2014 to Spring 2018. Coordinator, Educational Studies Doctorate; Coordinator, Master of Arts in Teaching: Curriculum Studies; Co-Coordinator, Colorado School of Mines-UNC Partnership for STEM Teacher Licensure (2015-2017).

Assistant Professor, Educational Foundations and Curriculum Studies, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, Fall 2012 to Spring 2014. Coordinator, Secondary Post baccalaureate and K-12 Art, Music, and PE undergraduate & post baccalaureate programs.
Regis University, School of Education and Counseling, Denver, CO
Assistant Professor/Education Chair, Summer 2010 to Summer 2012
University of Colorado, Boulder, School of Education
Director, School & University Partnerships/Senior Instructor, Summer 2009 to 2010.
University of Iowa College of Education, Department of Teaching and Learning
Assistant Professor in Curriculum and Supervision, Fall 2007 to Spring 2009.

Ecological Mindedness in Teaching and Curriculum
The Teacher and the Curriculum
Aesthetic Perspectives of Curriculum and Perceptual Teaching and Learning (CRISPA)
Aesthetic Experiences in Nature

BOOKS

McConnell, C., Conrad, B., Uhrmacher, P. B. (2020). Lesson Planning with Purpose: Five Approaches to Curriculum Design. Teachers College Press.
Uhrmacher, P. B., McConnell Moroye, C. M. and Flinders, D. J. (2017). Using Educational Connoisseurship and Criticism for Qualitative Inquiry.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Campbell, S and McConnell, C. (under review) Applying Eisner: A transformation of the focus group methodology. Qualitative Research.
Conrad, B., McConnell, C., and Uhrmacher, P. B. (2023). “The Fluid Curriculum: Experiencing equity through teacher empowerment.” Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 25(1), Information Age.
Ingman, B. & McConnell Moroye, C. (2021). Ecologically Minded Teachers and Character Education. Special Issue on Virtuous Leadership, Journal of Character Education, Issue 2.

BOOK CHAPTERS AND EDITORIALLY REVIEWED WORK

- McConnell, C. (2022). The Complementary Curriculum. Routledge Research Encyclopedia. David J. Flinders, Editor.
- McConnell, C. and Uhrmacher, P. B. (2021).Eco-aestheticexperiences: A Deweyan framework for ecological aims in schools. In P. L. Maarhuis & A. G. Rud (Eds.), Imagining Dewey: Artful works and dialogue about Art as Experience. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill-Sense.

Outstanding Book Award, American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (2021). Planning with Purpose: Five Approaches to Curriculum Design with Bradely Conrad and Bruce Uhrmacher (Teachers College Press).
Professors of Curriculum. Admitted April, 2012 at American Educational Research Association annual conference, Vancouver, BC.
Master Scholar, University of DenverMorgridge College of Education, 2011.
Outstanding DissertationAward, American Educational Research Association, Division B Curriculum Studies, 2008. Dissertation Title: Greening our future: The practices of ecologically minded teachers.