Erin Harte
- Executive director of student academic success services
- Affiliate professor
- Director of writing
Areas of Expertise
- Composition studies, writing across the curriculum, writing centers, writing program and curriculum development, reading pedagogy, learning centers and academic support
Education
- B.A. in English and creative writing (2003)
- MFA in creative writing - fiction (2009)
What's My Why?
I'm a storyteller originally from the Appalachian mountains of Virginia. I love to travel and collect stories from the places I visit and the people I meet. I'm passionate about teaching writing and helping students find their voice on the page. I'm equally passionate about supporting and encouraging students. I talk about writing, tutoring, and teaching as practices. The very notion of something as a practice implies imperfection, repetitiveness, and revision. I believe students should be encouraged to take chances in the pursuit of learning, and as a result I try to create classrooms that reward growth, development, and positive academic risk-taking throughout the semester.
Selected Publications
Harte, Erin. “The Last Summer of Our Youth.” Tin House. 24 February 2017.
Harte, Erin. “Baraka.” Cahoodaloodaling: A Collaborative Publication. 2015. Harte, Erin.
Harte, Erin. “Language Processing in the Human Brain.” Brain World, International Brain Education Association. 22 July 2011.