Faculty Vita

Jerome Harste, Ph.D

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Selected Publications

Egawa, K., & Harste, J. C. (October 2001). What do we mean when we say we want our children to be literate? Balancing the literary curriculum: A new vision. School Talk, 7:1, pp. 1-8.

Harste, J. C., w/ Manning, A. (2001). “I just wanted to raise a nice boy!”: Being critical and political. Talking Points, 13:1, pp. 9-13.

Berghoff, B., Egawa, K., Harste, J., & Hoonan, B. (2000). Beyond reading and writing: Inquiry, curriculum, and multiple ways of knowing. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Harste, J. C., Vasquez, V., Lewison, M., Breau, A., Leland, C., & Oceipka, A. (2000). Supporting critical conversations in classrooms. Kathryn Mitchell Pierce w/ Cathy Beck, Dick Koblitz, Shari Nelson-Faulkner, Anne O’Conner, Susan Wolf, and the Committee to Revise the Elementary School Booklist (Ed.), Adventuring with books: A booklist for pre-k - grade 6 (12th Edition). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Harste, J. C., & Carey, R. F. (1999). Curriculum, multiple literacies and democracy: What if English/language arts teachers really cared? (Monograph). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. [Also available in Spanish as “El curriculo, las lecto-escrituras, multiples, y la democracia: Y si a los maestros de ingles/lengua les importara?”]

Harste, J. C., Short, Kathy G., w/ Burke, C. L. (1988). Creating classrooms for authors. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann [2nd Edition published in 1996 under the title of “Creating classrooms for authors and inquiries” with authorship in this order, Short, Harste, Burke.]

Harste, J. C., Woodward, V. A., & Burke, C. L. (1984). Language stories and literacy lessons. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Funded Projects

1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Indiana University Research in Teacher Education Grant ($10,000/year). 1996, 1997, 1998 Spencer Foundation Mentoring and Communication Grants ($15,000/year). Practitioner Research: The Education-as-Inquiry Study Group.

1997-1999 Indiana University Instructional Media Development Grant. Critical moments in constructing literacy (series includes seven 15-minute videotapes).

1997-1999 National Council of Teachers of English Development Grant ($15,000). Creation of an inter-organizational legislative strike force.

Conference Presentations

Harste, J. C., Leland, C., & Jackson, C. (2001). Little Red Riding Hood goes to college: Inviting the language of critique in teacher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Harste, J. C. (2001). Interrupting the normal: Toward a diversity and difference model of education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, Baltimore, MD.

Harste, J. C. (2001). New literacies, new times. Co-chair and presenter, preconvention institute at the annual meeting of the International Reading Association.

Harste, J. C., & Leland, C. (2001). The quilt maker’s gift: Critical literacy, the arts and curriculum. Keynote address given at the 5th Latin American Congress on Literacy in the Americas, Quito, Ecuador.

Harste, J. C., & Manning, A. (2001). “But I just wanted to raise a nice boy!” Being critical and political when nobody wants to listen. Featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Whole Language Umbrella, Chicago, IL.

Leland, C., & Harste, J. C. (2000). Is this appropriate for children? Literature that supports a critical perspective. Paper presented at the 18th World Congress on Reading, Auckland, NZ.

Harste, J. C., Leland, C., & Schmidt, K. (2000). Pratice makes practice, or does it? Understanding the role that theory plays in teacher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

Harste, J. C. (2000). Education for democracy: The role of critical literacy. Paper presented at the Spring Conference of the National Council of Teachers of English, New York, NY

Service/Outreach Projects

Past President, President, President Elect, & Vice President, National Council of Teachers of English (1997-2001).

Chair, Diversity Task Force, NCTE (2001-Present).

Chair, President’s Teacher Education Scholarship, NCTE (1999).

Co-Chair (w/ P. D. Pearson), Joint NCTE/IRA Task Force on Critical Literacy (1998-2001).

Treasurer, Center for the Expansion of Language and Thinking (CELT).

Member, US Planning Committee, International Federation of Teachers of English (IFTE).

Member, Section Committee, Division K (Teacher Education), AERA.

Consultant, Milken National Educator Award (2000).

Honors/Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award, Whole Language Umbrella Conference of the National Council of Teachers of English (2000).

Presidential Plaque for service to the National Council of Teachers of English (1997-2001).

Education Leadership Award, St. Cloud State University Alumni Association (1999).

Martha Lea & Bill Armstrong Chair in Teacher Education (1997-2000).

Inducted into Reading Hall of Fame (1997).

Outstanding Contributions to Literacy Award, Indiana University (1997).

Member, Alliance of Distinguished Rank Professors, Indiana University (1997-Present).