- the social history of mining communities ("Sudbury Saturday Night")
- labour and technology in the tobacco industry ("Tillsonburg")
- Maritime-Ontario interprovincial trade ("Bud the Spud")
- marketing in the Canadian music industry ("Bus Tour to Nashville," "Luke's Guitar")
- cross-cultural folklore traditions of the Ottawa valley ("Big Joe Mufferaw")
- survival ethics in Arctic aviation ("The Martin Hartwell Story")
- placename geography of Highway 17 ("I've Been Everywhere")
- Canadian dialects ("Gumboot Cloggeroo")
- and much more
Dr. Connors' research was recognized with Ph.Ds from St Thomas University, the University of Prince Edward Island, and the University of Toronto.
