Kristine (Kris) Harrington

Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Ms. Harrington worked her way through college and graduate school as a first-generation student from a blue-collar family. This background influences her teaching, her creative writing, her professional development, and her educational pursuits.

Ms. Harrington’s instructional experience includes teaching first-year composition, professional writing, journalism, and literature courses in different learning environments: regional campuses, commuter campuses, a community college, a technical school, an urban league, and a vacuum cleaner factory. In addition to college-level instruction, Ms. Harrington has also worked in the not-for-profit field, specifically with organizations tackling the problems of homelessness and substandard housing.

These personal and professional experiences combine with volunteer work on the boards of  directors of arts not-for-profit organizations and a passion for creative nonfiction and storytelling. Her basic teaching and writing belief is that writing is both a curious and communicative act. Ms. Harrington regularly presents at conferences and publishes creative nonfiction, mostly memoir and nature writing. She’s also been a featured reader at local arts events and has taught writing workshops in the community.