Abby McConnell

Abby McConnell joined FSI in 2024, after serving as the assistant director of student services in Stanford’s Oceans Department. Prior to Stanford, she worked in academic settings for over 15 years with a focus on teaching writing to a range of students, from high school seniors to mid-career military officers, and crafting marketing and internal communications materials.  She is also a published fiction writer and essayist, with a BA in Communications from UC Berkeley and an MFA in English-Creative Writing from UC Irvine.