Mary M. McConnaha is a doctoral student, researcher, and teacher educator in East Lansing, MI. This website is a space to read her published work, including the blog posts capturing her COVID adventures on the Appalachian Trail in 2020.
Her research interests include restorative justice, the school-to-prison nexus, literacy, young adult literature, and teacher preparation. She was previously an English teacher in Kentucky and Maryland.
Mary has written for America Magazine, The Progressive, and Education Week. In 2022, she was featured on CNN and MSNBC to discuss in-school gun violence from the perspective of a teacher and new mom. Her scholarly work has been published most recently in the Language Arts Journal of Michigan.
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