Article Publications
Anderson, N. C.; Conn, D. R.; Gamas, K. C.; Borkhuis, B.; & Lantto, J. J. (2018). Capacity, passion, relevance, and presence: A conceptual framework for the interpretation and study of success. Journal of Research Initiatives 4(1), Article 11.
Anderson, N., Conn, D. R., Tenam-Zemach, M., Clemente, I., Schaefer, L., Zemach, J. (2020). Are schools “robbing” students? Resuscitating the purpose of school through CPR. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue 22(1-2). 23-36 .
Bartelheim, F. J. & Conn, D. R. (2014). Pre-service teachers' perceptions of an ideal classroom environment. Current Issues in Education 17(3), 1-9.
Borden-King, L., Gamas, W., Hintz, K., & Hultz, C. (2020). Should standardized testing define our profession? Phi Delta Kappan, 101(6), 24-28.
Conn, D. R. (2013b). When two worlds collide: Shared experiences of educating Navajos living off the reservation. TheQualitative Report.18(49), 1-16
Conn, D. R. (2015). Juxtaposition: The coexistence of traditional Navajo and standards based curricula. The Qualitative Report 20(5), 618-635.
Conn, D. R. (2016). What are we doing to kids here? Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 18(1-2), 25-40.
Conn, D. R. & Billy, R. (2017). Always loved but never entitled: Professor intentions to promote leadership in women. The Qualitative Report, 22(5).
Conn, D. R. & Rue, L. (2011). Checking the dipstick in the virtual classroom: Maintenance lessons for distance learning environments. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 12(4), 255-264.
Conn, D. R. & Tenam-Zemach, M. (2019). Confronting the assessment industrial complex: A Call for a shift from testing rhetoric. Special Issue of Journal of Curriculum Theorizing: Curriculum Theorizing in the Post-Truth Era, 34(3), 122-135.
Rolandson, D. M. & Conn, D. R. (2020). North Dakota music teacher perceptions regarding popular music in high schools: A pilot study. North Dakota Music Educator, 58(3), 22-34. North Dakota Music Educators Association.
Weichmann, J. C., Conn, D. R., & Thorpe, L. J. (2019). Broader strokes: The curricular and pedagogical possibilities of multiage educational settings. The Qualitative Report, 24(7), 1703-1713.
Zajdel J. & Conn, D. R. (2018). Advertising “generosity” in schools: Do you want fries with your curriculum? Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 20(2), 71-86.
Zajdel & Conn. (2019). Outrageous statements, poker faces, and the qualitative interview. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 21(1-2), 115-118.
Book Publication
Tenam-Zemach, M., Conn, D. R., & Parkison, P. T. (2020). Unraveling the assessment industrial complex: Understanding How Testing Perpetuates inequality and injustice in America. Routledge (in press).
Book Review
Conn, D. R. (2013a). [Review of: Engendering Curriculum History, by P. M. Hendry]. Journal of Educational Reform and Innovation 2(1), 1-4.
Tenam-Zemach, M., Conn, D.R., Mahovsky, K. A., Parkison, P. Zajdel, J. (2020). [Review of Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago’s South Side by Eve L. Ewing]. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue (in press).
Peer Reviewed National Presentations
Anderson, N. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2018). CPR: Developing a presence for
success and failure. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum. Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.
Anderson, N., Conn, D. R, Tenam-Zemach & Clemente, I. (October, 2019). Creating a Culture of Contribution Through K-12 Education. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL
Anderson, N. C., Conn, D. R., Tenam-Zemach, M., Clemente, I. M., Zemach, J. & Schaefer, L. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) Fit for Life: The Purpose of Education Through Lenses of Capacity, Passion, Relevance, and Presence [Roundtable Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/v8fq9ch (Conference Canceled)
Conn, D. R., Anderson, N. C., Clemente, I., McCullough, & Weichmann, J. (October 2019). Still dreaming BIG: The red & green school. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Conn, D. R. & Billy, R. (October, 2015). Always Loved but Never Entitled: Professor Intentions to Promote Leadership in Women. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Portland, ME.
Conn, D. R. & Clemente, I. (October, 2018). Dream BIG, plant flowers. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.
Conn, D. R., Corpe, C., & Eckmann, T. (October, 2016). Finding balance: What can educators learn about the practice of teaching through the practice of yoga? Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI.
Conn, D. R. & Decoteau, A. (October, 2017). “We are not trying to save the language. The language is trying to save us”.Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Conn, D. R. & Tenam-Zemach, M. (October, 2017). The Assessment Industrial Complex: The Right’s Subversive Attempt at Privatization (Or AKA: Lies, Lies and More Lies). Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Conn, L. D. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2019). Karuna: Exploring the om curriculum. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Conn, D. C. & Zajdel, J. (April, 2019). Haiku as Evaluation. [Paper Session]. AERA Annual Meeting Toronto, CN.
DeCoteau, A., Conn, D. R., Rappeport, A. & Yamane, M. (October, 2019). Songs of the Earth: Exploring the Lived Experience of Ceremony in Indigenous Communities. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL.
DeCoteau, A.,Yamane, M., Rappeport, A. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2018). Songs of the Earth: Pedagogies of ceremony. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.
Hultz, C. (October, 2019). Teacher Mental Health. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Keller, C. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2015). Aesthetic memories: Using perceptual experiences to elicit prior knowledge. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Portland, ME.
Mack, L. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2017). Teachers Pay Teachers: Experiences with Alternative Curricular Markets.Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Mortezaee, C. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2015). Breaking the Mold: Rethinking Labels through Lesson Sketches. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Portland, ME.
Salyards, M. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2015). Reading well: Exploring aesthetic approaches in literacy. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Portland, ME.
Tenam-Zemach, M., Conn, D. R., Gottlieb, D., & Parkison, P. T. (October, 2019). Disentangling the assessment industrial complex: A counternarrative of change and hope. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Tenam-Zemach, M., Conn, D. R., Gottlieb, D. & Parkison, P. T. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) The Assessment Industrial Complex: Reframing What It Means to Say a School Is Doing Well [Paper Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/u63unk6 (Conference Canceled)
Weichmann, J. & Conn. D. R. (October, 2017). Pedagogies of resistance: When teachers refuse to obey. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference,
Denver, CO.
Weichmann, J., Conn, D. R., & Thorpe L. (October, 2016). Broader strokes: The curricular characteristics of multiage educational settings. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI.
Zajdel, J. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2016). Waiting for super policy: Venture philanthropy and the ecology of the third grade classroom. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI.
Zajdel, J. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2017). Banking with Professional Development Performance Artists. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Zajdel J. & Conn, D. R. (April, 2017). Market Influences in Classrooms: Hidden in Plain Sight. Presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Zajdel, J. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2018). Curriculum Shopping: How Much are Those Test Scores in the Window?Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.
Zajdel, J. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2019). Meeting Eisner by proxy. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Invited Publications/Contributions/Essays
Rolandson, D. M. & Conn, D. R. (2020). Symbolic violence and music in the academy. Major Threat: Punk Rock Academia (A Zine), 1, p. 12.
Zajdel, J., Conn, D. R., & Conn, L. (2020). Knowing Eisner. Elliot Eisner Special Interest Group Newsletter. American Educational Research Association.
Anderson, N. C.; Conn, D. R.; Gamas, K. C.; Borkhuis, B.; & Lantto, J. J. (2018). Capacity, passion, relevance, and presence: A conceptual framework for the interpretation and study of success. Journal of Research Initiatives 4(1), Article 11.
Anderson, N., Conn, D. R., Tenam-Zemach, M., Clemente, I., Schaefer, L., Zemach, J. (2020). Are schools “robbing” students? Resuscitating the purpose of school through CPR. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue 22(1-2). 23-36 .
Bartelheim, F. J. & Conn, D. R. (2014). Pre-service teachers' perceptions of an ideal classroom environment. Current Issues in Education 17(3), 1-9.
Borden-King, L., Gamas, W., Hintz, K., & Hultz, C. (2020). Should standardized testing define our profession? Phi Delta Kappan, 101(6), 24-28.
Conn, D. R. (2013b). When two worlds collide: Shared experiences of educating Navajos living off the reservation. TheQualitative Report.18(49), 1-16
Conn, D. R. (2015). Juxtaposition: The coexistence of traditional Navajo and standards based curricula. The Qualitative Report 20(5), 618-635.
Conn, D. R. (2016). What are we doing to kids here? Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 18(1-2), 25-40.
Conn, D. R. & Billy, R. (2017). Always loved but never entitled: Professor intentions to promote leadership in women. The Qualitative Report, 22(5).
Conn, D. R. & Rue, L. (2011). Checking the dipstick in the virtual classroom: Maintenance lessons for distance learning environments. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 12(4), 255-264.
Conn, D. R. & Tenam-Zemach, M. (2019). Confronting the assessment industrial complex: A Call for a shift from testing rhetoric. Special Issue of Journal of Curriculum Theorizing: Curriculum Theorizing in the Post-Truth Era, 34(3), 122-135.
Rolandson, D. M. & Conn, D. R. (2020). North Dakota music teacher perceptions regarding popular music in high schools: A pilot study. North Dakota Music Educator, 58(3), 22-34. North Dakota Music Educators Association.
Weichmann, J. C., Conn, D. R., & Thorpe, L. J. (2019). Broader strokes: The curricular and pedagogical possibilities of multiage educational settings. The Qualitative Report, 24(7), 1703-1713.
Zajdel J. & Conn, D. R. (2018). Advertising “generosity” in schools: Do you want fries with your curriculum? Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 20(2), 71-86.
Zajdel & Conn. (2019). Outrageous statements, poker faces, and the qualitative interview. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 21(1-2), 115-118.
Book Publication
Tenam-Zemach, M., Conn, D. R., & Parkison, P. T. (2020). Unraveling the assessment industrial complex: Understanding How Testing Perpetuates inequality and injustice in America. Routledge (in press).
Book Review
Conn, D. R. (2013a). [Review of: Engendering Curriculum History, by P. M. Hendry]. Journal of Educational Reform and Innovation 2(1), 1-4.
Tenam-Zemach, M., Conn, D.R., Mahovsky, K. A., Parkison, P. Zajdel, J. (2020). [Review of Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago’s South Side by Eve L. Ewing]. Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue (in press).
Peer Reviewed National Presentations
Anderson, N. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2018). CPR: Developing a presence for
success and failure. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum. Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.
Anderson, N., Conn, D. R, Tenam-Zemach & Clemente, I. (October, 2019). Creating a Culture of Contribution Through K-12 Education. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL
Anderson, N. C., Conn, D. R., Tenam-Zemach, M., Clemente, I. M., Zemach, J. & Schaefer, L. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) Fit for Life: The Purpose of Education Through Lenses of Capacity, Passion, Relevance, and Presence [Roundtable Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/v8fq9ch (Conference Canceled)
Conn, D. R., Anderson, N. C., Clemente, I., McCullough, & Weichmann, J. (October 2019). Still dreaming BIG: The red & green school. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Conn, D. R. & Billy, R. (October, 2015). Always Loved but Never Entitled: Professor Intentions to Promote Leadership in Women. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Portland, ME.
Conn, D. R. & Clemente, I. (October, 2018). Dream BIG, plant flowers. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.
Conn, D. R., Corpe, C., & Eckmann, T. (October, 2016). Finding balance: What can educators learn about the practice of teaching through the practice of yoga? Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI.
Conn, D. R. & Decoteau, A. (October, 2017). “We are not trying to save the language. The language is trying to save us”.Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Conn, D. R. & Tenam-Zemach, M. (October, 2017). The Assessment Industrial Complex: The Right’s Subversive Attempt at Privatization (Or AKA: Lies, Lies and More Lies). Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Conn, L. D. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2019). Karuna: Exploring the om curriculum. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Conn, D. C. & Zajdel, J. (April, 2019). Haiku as Evaluation. [Paper Session]. AERA Annual Meeting Toronto, CN.
DeCoteau, A., Conn, D. R., Rappeport, A. & Yamane, M. (October, 2019). Songs of the Earth: Exploring the Lived Experience of Ceremony in Indigenous Communities. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL.
DeCoteau, A.,Yamane, M., Rappeport, A. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2018). Songs of the Earth: Pedagogies of ceremony. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.
Hultz, C. (October, 2019). Teacher Mental Health. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Keller, C. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2015). Aesthetic memories: Using perceptual experiences to elicit prior knowledge. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Portland, ME.
Mack, L. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2017). Teachers Pay Teachers: Experiences with Alternative Curricular Markets.Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Mortezaee, C. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2015). Breaking the Mold: Rethinking Labels through Lesson Sketches. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Portland, ME.
Salyards, M. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2015). Reading well: Exploring aesthetic approaches in literacy. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Portland, ME.
Tenam-Zemach, M., Conn, D. R., Gottlieb, D., & Parkison, P. T. (October, 2019). Disentangling the assessment industrial complex: A counternarrative of change and hope. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Tenam-Zemach, M., Conn, D. R., Gottlieb, D. & Parkison, P. T. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) The Assessment Industrial Complex: Reframing What It Means to Say a School Is Doing Well [Paper Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/u63unk6 (Conference Canceled)
Weichmann, J. & Conn. D. R. (October, 2017). Pedagogies of resistance: When teachers refuse to obey. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference,
Denver, CO.
Weichmann, J., Conn, D. R., & Thorpe L. (October, 2016). Broader strokes: The curricular characteristics of multiage educational settings. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI.
Zajdel, J. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2016). Waiting for super policy: Venture philanthropy and the ecology of the third grade classroom. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI.
Zajdel, J. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2017). Banking with Professional Development Performance Artists. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Zajdel J. & Conn, D. R. (April, 2017). Market Influences in Classrooms: Hidden in Plain Sight. Presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Zajdel, J. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2018). Curriculum Shopping: How Much are Those Test Scores in the Window?Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Dallas, TX.
Zajdel, J. & Conn, D. R. (October, 2019). Meeting Eisner by proxy. Presented at the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum Annual Conference, Birmingham, AL.
Invited Publications/Contributions/Essays
Rolandson, D. M. & Conn, D. R. (2020). Symbolic violence and music in the academy. Major Threat: Punk Rock Academia (A Zine), 1, p. 12.
Zajdel, J., Conn, D. R., & Conn, L. (2020). Knowing Eisner. Elliot Eisner Special Interest Group Newsletter. American Educational Research Association.
