Dr. Christine Harrington, a professor in the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership and Policy at Morgan State University, has been awarded a 2025 Author Mentoring Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA).

TAA’s Authoring Mentoring Award is given to a teacher, administrator, fellow author, or other professional colleague who takes extraordinary care to encourage and advise earlier career authors.

On behalf of the association and its Awards Committee, TAA Board President Paul Krieger, said: “This honor is a testament to your unwavering dedication to mentoring emerging scholars, your generous spirit in sharing knowledge and experience, and your tireless efforts to amplify diverse voices in academic publishing. Your impact has been both profound and far-reaching— transforming the confidence and careers of countless students and colleagues through your guidance, encouragement, and belief in their potential. Thank you for being such a powerful force for good in the world of higher education.”

Harrington was nominated by three of her colleagues, including Micki M. Caskey, Ph.D., Professor Emerita in the College of Education at Portland State University, who cited Harrington’s extensive mentorship of doctoral students and academics in her nomination letter. In her letter, Caskey wrote: “As a mentor, Dr. Harrington has demonstrated her long-standing and ongoing commitment to guiding her students and colleagues to publish their work. For her EdD students, she conducted numerous sessions about academic writing including demystifying the publishing process, using feedback to improve writing skills, and exploring publication outlets for written work. Importantly, Dr. Harrington co-published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles with her students. For most of these students, it was their first publication. From 2021 to 2025, her mentorship of EdD students led to manuscript co-development and/or co- publication.” Read her full nomination letter..

Her nomination was supported by three of her mentees, Christine B. Genthe, EdD, RDN, LD, a Nutrition Instructor at Hinds Community College; Ellen Wasserman, EdD, Research Associate at Teachers College, Columbia University; and Sandra Jones Legay, Ed.D., The James F. Murray School at The New Jersey Public Schools. In her nomination letter, Genthe wrote: “Dr. Harrington is an exceptional mentor who has made a profound and sustained impact on the professional development and academic success of numerous students, including myself.” Read the full nomination letter.. In her nomination letter, Wasserman wrote:”[Christine Harrington] is a consummate mentor. She generously shares the knowledge of idea generation, writing, and the publishing process that she has accumulated over the years as an author with her students and colleagues. Dr. Harrington is committed to bringing diverse, underrepresented voices from within the ranks of higher education into practical yet scholarly works to support student success through improved teaching.” Read the full nomination letter. In her nomination letter, Legay wrote: “Dr. Christine Harrington is an exceptional educator. I once told Christine that she the GOAT in her special area of study. She is an outstanding mentor who has invested in the development of many academic writers.” Read the full nomination letter..

Harrington is an expert on student success and teaching and learning with 25 years of experience in higher education. Currently, she is a professor in the Department of Advanced Studies, Leadership and Policy at Morgan State University.  Previously, she coordinated the Ed.D. in Community College Leadership program at New Jersey City University and worked at Middlesex College for 18 years in a variety of roles, including professor of psychology and student success, director for the Center for the Enrichment of Learning and Teaching, first-year seminar course coordinator, counselor, and disability services provider. She also served a 2-year appointment as the Executive Director for the Center for Student Success at the New Jersey Council of County Colleges. She is the author of 10 + books and 20 + articles on teaching, learning, and student success and is frequently invited to give plenary presentations at national and local conferences as well as at colleges and universities across the nation. She was a recipient of the 2025 Excellence in Online Teaching Award, sponsored by Rutgers University, the 2016 Excellence in Teaching First-Year Seminar award, sponsored by the National Resource Center on the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition and McGraw-Hill, and the 2016 Excellence in Teaching Award at Middlesex College.

Congratulations, Christine!

Said Christine upon hearing she had received the award: “Oh my gosh- this is such wonderful news!!! I’m so excited and truly honored. Mentoring students and colleagues is one of my most favorite activities!”