Born and raised in the Southeastern United States, Dr. Harris relocated to Spokane in 1996 in pursuit of educational and employment opportunities. He was a McNair Scholar in 2005-2006 and earned his BA in History as well as his Master’s in Social Work, both at EWU. He then went on to attain an Educational Doctorate Degree in Transformational Leadership from Concordia University in Portland, Oregon. His research interests include community engagement and advocacy to/for marginalized families and improving the service delivery efforts of agencies.

Currently, he is a part of the Spokane Public Schools District (SPS) Leadership Team as the Chief Family and Community Engagement Officer as well as an adjunct faculty for two universities, one being Eastern Washington University.

On top of this, Dr. Harris and his wife, Christina Harris, are the leaders and founders of Ready 2 Serve Ministries. The ministry’s vision statement is “Being the Missing Link,” and it provides both church and social services.  In 2022, Dr. Harris’s book, Surfacing Your Brilliance was published. Dr. Harris writes, “I hope this book will normalize the struggle of ‘becoming’ and help you to persevere, for I believe that we all have something to share with those around us.”