Professor Harner co-directs the Journalism Minor.  In addition to introductory and intermediate reporting and writing courses, he teaches science fiction film and British and American literature.  He writes about new media and journalism education for PBS's Mediashift.org.  He has published essays on the Belfast-born poet and memoirist, Ciaran Carson; on novelist Chuck Palahniuk's non-fiction; on Spike Jonze's film, Adaptation; and on virtual time travel through YouTube.  His current book project focuses on the contemporary American poets Philip Levine and Gary Snyder.  Before coming to John Jay, he taught journalism at the University of Delaware.