CONNOR WARNER

Dr. Connor K. Warner joined the University of Utah Urban Institute for Teacher Education in August 2019. He received his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Kansas, his M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction from Texas Tech University, and his B.S.Ed. in English from Montana State University-Billings. Before transitioning to higher education, Dr. Warner served for almost a decade as a department chair and English/social studies teacher at Stevensville Public Schools in Montana. 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).