Educator/Author

Frederick Douglas Harper has authored both scholarly and creative writings about human improvement and human survival as a species. Dr. Harper retired as professor of counseling and psychotherapy after 42 years at Howard University. He has authored college textbooks, 22 poetry books (with prose), a major novel (The Durabone Prophecies), a satire, and numerous articles and book chapters. Harper has served as Editor-in-Chief of three scholarly journals. He has presented speeches and conference papers throughout the United States and in Argentina, France, Greece, India, Ireland, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Since 1985, Harper has published more than 1,500 poems. His poetry is spiritual, educational, therapeutic, and inspirational. A devoted jogger, Harper has run more than 47,000 miles in more than 120 cities worldwide. He is the proud father of two sons and the proud grandfather of four grandchildren.

He has taught adjunct or as visiting professor at eight universities including Johns Hopkins, George Washington Univ, VPI, UDC, and the University of the Virgin Islands.