Mommyblogging, Inc.: Why Women Rule the Social Web, The Atlantic, August 1, 2012

A Work-Life Balance Roadmap for the 99%, The Atlantic, June 26, 2012

The Economic Impact of Autism on Families, The Atlantic, May 31, 2012

50 Shades of Money, The Atlantic, May 31, 2012

How Good Parents and Good Intentions Lead to Dramatically Unequal Schools, The Atlantic, May 31, 2012

The Good News and The Bad News About Public Colleges, The Atlantic, May 24, 2012

Why School Integration Is So Hard, The Atlantic, May 21, 2012

The Big Idea That Can Revolutionize Higher Education: “MOOC”, The Atlantic, May 11, 2012

The Forgotten Student: Has Higher Education Stiffed Its Most Important Client, The Atlantic, April 5, 2012

Why Are Your Neighbors Just Like You?, The Atlantic, March 21, 2012

Pin Up: How Pinterest Hooks the Aspiration Housewife in Us All, GOOD, March 5, 2012

Explaining Annette Lareau, or Why Parenting Styles Insure Inequality, The Atlantic, Februrary 16, 2012

Can My Kid Still Get Treatment? Why Autism’s Definition Matters , The Atlantic, February 1, 2012

Locked in the Ivory Tower: Why JSTOR Imprisons Academic Research, The Atlantic, January 20, 2012

 

Apt. 11D – A political and personal blog updated daily since July 2003. Over 2.7 million pageviews. 

NJ My Way (Occasional contributor to this syndicated blog, which appears in state-wide publications including New Jersey Monthly.)

• Bonding Over Green Curry, December 1, 2010
• The Last Days of Fall November 22, 2010
• Just For Fun November 8, 2010
• The Other Jersey Shore September 14, 2010
• The Riversharks Game August 24, 2010
• Lake Living  August 10, 2010
• Adventures in Food July 21, 2010

Guest Blogger at Feministe – September 2009

Everyday Politics 2009-2010

Pajamas Media 2007- 2008

• Serious Folks: School Voucher Proponents Need to Get Real, November 9, 2007
• What Do Women (Voters) Want?, January 10, 2008
• Katie Couric’s Big Mistake, January 27, 2008
• A Mom By Any Other Name, February 15, 2008
• Desperate (Green) Housewives, February 18, 2008
• Hillary Voters on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, March 12, 2008
• Let’s Give the Mommybloggers Some Respect, May 25, 2008
• Special Ed Wars Look Different From the Front Lines, June 19, 2008
• The Case for Universal Pre-School, September 30, 2008

Appearances, Interviews, Press Coverage

Radio Interview with Arnie Arenson, New Hampshire News, Views & Blues, March 2012

 

Semi-Academic Writing

The Evolution of Blogs, Draft, July 2010 Download Blog Evolution – McKenna

Academic Writing

McKenna, Laura. 2009. “Netroots Rising: How a Citizen Army of Bloggers and Online Activists is Changing American Politics”, by Lowell Feld and Nate Wilcox, Political Communication, 26:22, pp. 242-245. Download NetrootsRising

McKenna, Laura and Antoinette Pole. January 2008. “What Do Bloggers Do?: An Average Day on an Average Political Blog.” Public Choice. Download McKennaPole

McKenna, Laura. May 2007. “’Getting the Word Out’: Policy Bloggers Use Their Soap Box to Make Change.” Review of Policy Research. Volume 24, Number 3.

Gittell, Marilyn et. al. 2001. The New Politics of Education.  New York, NY: Howard State Management and Policy Center.

Gittell, Marilyn and Laura McKenna.  September 1999. “Redefining Education Regimes and Reform: The Political Role of Governors”. Urban Educator. Volume 34, No. 3, pp.268-291.

 Gittell, Marilyn and Laura McKenna. 1998. The Ends and the Means of Education Policy. in Marilyn Gittell ed., Strategies for School Equity: Creating Productive Schools in a Just Society. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

 Gittell, Marilyn and Laura McKenna. August 1997. Activist Governors and a New Conservative Direction for Education. New York, NY: Howard State Management and Policy Center.

 Gittell, Marilyn and Jennifer Holdaway with Laura McKenna. January 1996. Why Good Students Leave CUNY. New York, NY: Howard State Management and Policy Center.

Dissertation

THE POLITICS OF SCHOOL VOUCHERS: ENTREPRENEURS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND IDEAS, CUNY-Graduate Center, June 2001

 Draft. McKenna, Laura. 2009. The Uneven Benefits of YouTube.

 Draft. McKenna, Laura. “Assessing the Impact of Blogs on Mainstream Media”

Draft. Pole, Antoinette and Laura McKenna. “Bowling Alone: Political Participation and the Internet.”

Draft. Pole, Antoinette and Laura McKenna. “Do Blogs Matter?: Weblogs in American Politics.”  

September 2009. “The Internet and American Politics: Where the Politically Rich Get Richer and the Politically Poor Get Perez Hilton” Paper to be presented at the American Political Science Association Conference. Toronto, Ontario.

 “Reporters Review the Bloggers: Freaks, Geeks, or Parasites?” September 2007. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Conference.  Chicago, IL.

“Getting the Word Out: Policy Bloggers Use Their Soap Box to Make Change.”  September 2006. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Conference.  Philadelphia, PA.

With Antoinette Pole, “How Blogs Impact on Political Action,” September 2005. Paper presented at the Conference on Politics and the Internet. Washington, DC at the German Marshall Fund.

With Antoinette Pole. “Do Blogs Matter?: Weblogs in American Politics.” September 2004. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association. Chicago, IL.

“The New State Policy Coalitions.”  November 11, 1999.  Paper presented at the Northeast Political Science Association Meeting.  Philadelphia, PA. 

“The New State-Local Connection: The Political End-Run Around the Unions for Vouchers in Cleveland.”  May 1999. Paper presented at the New York State Political Science Association Meeting.  Queens, New York.

“Activist Governors and a New Conservative Direction for Education.” April 1997.  Paper presented at the Urban Affairs Conference. Toronto, Canada.

“Presentation of First Year Findings of Regimes and Reform.” April 1997. Paper presented at the “State Coalition Building and City School Reform” Conference for the Ford Foundation, New York, NY.