Marie D. Conner, B.S., M.Ed
Director of Writing, English Department

Marie Conner originally hails from Farmington, Connecticut. She came to North Carolina in 1994 to study at Guilford College in Greensboro. While there, she studied abroad at Oxford, England, and was a member of the Honors Program, the Guilford College Scholarship Society, the Student Senate, and the Community of Writers. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English and Psychology in 1998, graduating with High Honors and Departmental Honors. She began teaching at ORMA in June of 1998. While still employed at ORMA, she returned to school to pursue her master’s degree in Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. As a graduate student at UNCG, she presented a paper on teenage smoking prevention programs at the American Evaluation Association 2002 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. She graduated with a 4.0 GPA in May of 2003.

In her years at ORMA, Marie has taught seventh and eighth grade English, Introduction to Literature, American Literature, Advanced Composition, Composition II, and courses in Psychology and Word Processing. From 2002-2005 she was the Chair of the English Department. In August 2006, Marie became the Director of ORMA’s expanded Writing Program. She currently teaches Advanced Composition, American Literature, and Honors American Literature. In her spare time, Marie enjoys reading, exercising, watching sports (especially her beloved Tampa Bay Buccaneers!), participating in church activities, and spending time with her husband, Bud, her children, Faith and Grant, and her three dogs.