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CONSULTING ON WRITING

Frederick D. Harper, Ph.D.

Scholarly Writing

Creative Writing

Proposal Writing

Report Writing

Alcoholism Blacks
Culture and Counseling
Substance Abuse Black America

EXPERIENCES AND COMPETENCIES

SCHOLARLY WRITING

Editor-in-Chief of Three Scholarly Refereed Journals

The Journal of Negro Education (2004-2008)
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling* (1998 to 2002)
Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development (1991 to 1995)
*[British spelling of counseling]

Editorial Board/Manuscript Reviewer of Scholarly Journals

Alcohol, Health and Research World (editorial board, 1981 to 1986)
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (editorial board, 1980 to 1982)
Education and Human Ecology Journal (editorial board, 1985 to 1988
Educational Studies (reviewer, 1980-1986)
International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling (reviewer, 1986 to 1997)
Journal of Black Psychology (reviewer, 1995 to 2000)
Journal of Counseling and Development (editorial board, 1985 to 1991)
Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, JESPAR (reviewer, 1995 to 2004)
Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development (editorial board, 1985 to 1986)
Journal of Studies on Alcohol (reviewer, 1985 to 1989)
The Journal of Negro Education ((editorial board, 1971 to 1985, 1991 to 1993)

Author of more Than 100 Scholarly Publications

Textbooks

Journal Articles

Book Chapters

Journal Articles

Journal Editorials

Author of More Than 100 Conference Papers

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Dissertation Research Supervision

Chairman of 17 Dissertation Committees at Howard University
Member on 44 Dissertation Committees at Howard University
Member on Dissertation Committees at Other Universities

Proposal Writing Experiences

Authored Proposals for Research Projects
Authored Proposals for Evaluation Contracts

(Washington, DC)
Authored Proposal to Evaluate Black Alcoholism Treatment Nationally
(National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
Read Proposals for Various Federal Government Agencies
Chaired Proposal-Reader Groups for the U.S. Department of Education

Author of Government Reports and Evaluations

Alcoholism Treatment and Black Americans (No. ADM 79-853).
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, published 1979 as a book.

Final Report: The Black Family and Substance Abuse. Prepared for the Detroit Urban
League for the City of Detroit, published 1986. (71-page published monograph)

Final Accreditation Report: An Evaluation of the School of Education and Human Development of the George Washington University.
Prepared as Chairman of the Committee of the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and
Certification (NASDTEC), DC Department of Certification & Accreditation; April 1984.

Report of an Evaluation of the Alcohol/Smoking Risk-Reduction Project of the Washington Area Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse.
Prepared for the Department of Human Services, Washington, DC; 1982. (100-page report)

Report of an Evaluation of the University of the DC’s Counseling Center. An evaluation of the University Counseling Center based on two-day observations, interviews, and group discussions; November 1971.

CREATIVE WRITING

Author of a Major Novel (723 pages)
The Durabone Prophecies (2011)

Author of a Satire (Book)
Ijamama Speaks; Wisdom of a Black Sistah from the Urban Hood (2017)

Author of 22 Books of Poetry with Prose
Author of More than 1,500 Poems

Author of Autobiographical Stories
The Stories (2020)

Former High School Instructor of English

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