Experience and Expertise
Jennifer Harris is an essayist, novelist, and community psychologist known for her insightful publications. Her essays blend personal narrative with a systems-level lens, revealing the subtle cultural forces and everyday absurdities that quietly govern us: family, faith, neurodivergence, work, and the search for belonging.
Her essays have appeared in publications such as Gargoyle, MER, and Blood + Honey. She is the author of the novel Pink (Haworth Press; Bold Strokes Books), and her poetry has been featured in New York Quarterly. Currently, she is working on Burstable, a collection of essays.
Jennifer also founded and serves as the publisher of JackLeg Press, a nonprofit literary press dedicated to amplifying diverse voices. Additionally, she holds the position of Senior Vice President of Philanthropy at the National Park Foundation, bringing over 20 years of nonprofit leadership experience.
She earned her PhD in Community Psychology from National Louis University, an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. Jennifer resides in Washington, DC.