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  • Associate Director of the Urban Institute for Teacher Education
  • Associate Professor (Clinical), Urban Institute for Teacher Education
(801) 581-6064

Research Summary

The major themes that tie my practice, teaching, service, and scholarship together are 1) improving the design and implementation of preservice teacher preparation programs and pedagogies, and 2) rethinking P-12 English Language Arts and social studies curricula to be more representative of the diversity of racial, ethnic, cultural, and linguistic peoples of the United States, with a particular emphasize on accurate, contemporary representations of Indigenous peoples.

Education

  • Ph.D., Curriculum & Instruction, University of Kansas
  • M.Ed., Curriculum & Instruction, Texas Tech University
  • B.S.Ed., English, Montana State University-Billings

Biography

Dr. Connor K. Warner is an Associate Professor (Career Line) and the Director of the Urban Institute for Teacher Education at the University of Utah.  Prior to entering higher education, Dr. Warner served for almost a decade as a department chair and English/social studies teacher.  He has been involved in teacher education program leadership and renewal at multiple institutions ranging from a small liberal arts school to a state flagship AAU university.  Dr. Warner’s primary scholarly agenda centers on the development and design of preservice teacher preparation programs, about which he is a frequent presenter at national conferences and has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles. He is the co-author, with Dr. Etta Hollins, of Rethinking Teacher Preparation Program Design (2021) and the National Academy of Education commissioned paper “Evaluating the Clinical Component of Teacher Preparation Programs” (2021).