[19] She joined the faculty at Macalester College in 1998, as a Political Science professor, and subsequently founded the American Studies department in 2003.
[21] Harris's first book, Racially Writing the Republic: Racists, Race Rebels, and Transformations of American Identity was co authored with Bruce Baum in 2009.
[22] Racially Writing the Republic investigates the central role of race in the construction and transformation of American national identity from the Revolutionary War era to the height of the civil rights movement.
The book also examines the question of how social media and digital organizing have amplified the platform and reshaping contemporary political struggles, specifically with the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement.
In 2020, Harris co-edited with Julia Jordan Zachery, Black Girl Magic Beyond the Hashtag: Twenty-First-Century Acts of Self-Definition.
Ms. magazine wrote about its publication,[25] An interdisciplinary collection of essays, this volume presents readers with a variety of critical feminist examinations and representations of #BlackGirlMagic offline and in the world.
It is full of thoughtful and engaging pieces that will have broad appeal.Harris also serves as the curator and co-author of the "Duchess Harris Collection", a set of scholarly books for students in Middle and High School, alongside ABDO publishing company.
[26][27] The "Duchess Harris Collection" focuses on historical and contemporary events and legislation that have had important political repercussions on both a national and global level.