Duke University, MA in Liberal Studies
Baylor University, BS in Education
Critical Literacies
Early Adolescent Literacy
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy
Antiracist Education
Children's and YA Literature
Racial Literacy and Equity
Critical Whiteness
Literacy Teacher Education
Harlan Eller, K. (November 2020) What is Home? Hughes, Woodson, + Art: Curricular Unit for the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME) Harlem Renaissance Centennial Curriculum Guide.
Price-Dennis, D. Barros Cruz, L. Eller, K. Knight, R. Mapes, N. Mateo-Toledo, J. & Truss, A. (2020) We Are Curating Media for Social Change, Media Literacy Now.
Harlan Eller, K. (2020) Learning Through Living: K-5 Math. Center for the Professional Education of Teachers (CPET), Teachers College, Columbia University.
Eller, K. (2013) Educating the Young Wizard: J.K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis, and Xenophilius Lovegood. Zeteo: The Journal of Interdisciplinary Writing, Fall 2013 Issue.
Eller, K. Kindness is Valued Here. Project Wisdom. Just For You: Teacher Support Message, 2013.
Eller, K. and Harris, A., Common Core ELA Units for Randolph County School System (Unit 1), 2012.
Early, B. and Eller, K., Common Core ELA Units for Randolph County School System (Unit 5), 2012.
Katie Harlan Eller is an Instructor and PhD candidate in the English Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Katie holds degrees from Baylor University and Duke University, both of which provided her with formative experiences in fieldwork and interdisciplinary content areas. Her research goals are informed by 15 years spent in various classroom, professional development, and educational leadership roles. As a teacher, Katie’s peers honored her as Distinguished Educator of the Year. Her master’s thesis, “Moral Imagination in the Middle Grades ELA Classroom,” explored ELA, philosophy, and policy, and received an exemplary designation by Duke faculty with an invitation for Katie to present her work to the Duke community. Katie’s academic interests include beginning teacher support, critical literacy, diversity and equity, and early adolescent literature.
Ira and Esther Gordan Award, UNC Chapel Hill
Exemplary Designation, Master’s Thesis, Duke University
Joyce B. Franke Scholarship for Commitment to Education, Duke University
Distinguished Educator of the Year (NC K-5 School)