Christopher S. Harris

Harris's research focuses on radical pedagogy; media literacy; Africana studies; and fin-de-siecle Black American music. Overarching themes in Harris's writings include teaching to inspire the achievement of civic minded standpoints; the interplay between power and discourse in society; and strategies for sustained activism in an age of managed democracy. Harris serves as a core faculty member for the Salzburg Academy of Media and Global Change (an annual international media literacy academy housed in Salzburg; Austria) and a board member for Change the Play (an innovative after-school program that uses audio engineering and fashion design to try to bolster interest in education among at risk students).