RESEARCH

My research interests include writing center studies, basic writing studies, prison literacy, and literacy studies--especially potential applications of the New Literacy Studies and activity theory to these spaces. Other, related interests include conservative rhetoric and academic labor issues.

(see vita for more; vita last updated September 2008)
 

BOOK PROJECTS

Scholarly

The Way Literacy Lives: Rhetorical Dexterity and the "Basic" Writer. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2008.

"This book is a critical addition to research in literacy studies and basic writing. Weaving together contemporary theory with rich personal experiences, Carter's text offers a fresh perspective that is sure to engage many teachers and researchers."

--Laura Gray-Rosendale, author of Pop Perspectives: Readings to Critique Contemporary Culture (2007) and Rethinking Basic Writing: Exploring Identity, Politics, and Community in Interaction (1999)

Textbooks

Literacies in Context. Southlake, Texas. Fountainhead Press, 2007. [custom]

The Everyday Writer: A Multiple Literacies Approach. (under review at Longman)

ARTICLES

Peer-reviewed (abbreviated list)

"Redefining Literacy as a Social Practice." Journal of Basic Writing. 25.1 (Fall 2006).

"Living Inside the Bible (Belt).” College English. (July 2007).

"Graduate Courses in Basic Writing Studies: Recommendations for Teacher Trainers." Basic Writing e-Journal (Spring 2007).

“Incarcerated Literacy and the Myth of Progressivism.” Community Literacy Journal. Spring 2008.

"The Writing Center Paradox: Talk about Legitimacy and the Problem of Institutional Change." College Composition and Communication, June 2009 (accepted May 2006).

"The Feminist WPA Project: Fear and Possibility in the Feminist 'Home.'" Identity Papers: Literacy and Power in Higher Education. Utah State UP, 2006. (book chapter)

UNDER REVIEW

"The Converging Literacies Center: An Integrated Model for Writing Programs."   Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

National/International (abbreviated list)

"Manufactured Dissent: Notes from/on the Left-Right Divide in one Texas Classroom." Conference on College, Composition and Communication. San Francisco, CA. March 2009.

"Collaborating to Make Shift Happen: Engaging New Media "On the Cheap.'" National Council for Teachers of English. San Antonio, TX. November 2008. (with Greg Mitchell and Donna Dunbar-Odom)

"Joining the National Conversation on Writing." National Writing Project Annual Conference. San Antonio, TX. November 2008. (with Glenn Blalock, Dominic DelliCarpini, Gregory Mitchell, Donna Dunbar-Odom, Stephanie Roach).

"Plenary Panel: Rising Scholars in Writing Center Studies." International Writing Centers Association. Las Vegas, NV. October 2008.

Converging Literacies 'On the Cheap': A New Model for Writing (Programs)." Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. Louisville, KY. October 2008. (with Donna Dunbar-Odom and Greg Mitchell)

"Refocusing the Picture: Using Film to Change Stories about Writing and Writers." Council of Writing Program Administrators. Denver, CO. July 2008 (with Linda Adler-Kassner, Dominic DelliCarpini, Darsie Bowden, Colin and Jonikka Charleton, Pete Vandenberg)

"National Conversation on Writing: Open Discussion." WPA. Denver, CO. July 2008 (with Joseph Janangelo)

“Channeling the Monster: When Literacies Converge.” International Writing Across the Curriculum Conference. Austin, TX. May 29-31, 2008. (with Donna Dunbar-Odom and Susan Stewart)

“'What's Y/our Story?': Personalizing Research, Researching the Personal.” Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC).  New Orleans, LA. April 2008. (with Donna Dunbar-Odom, Christy Foreman, and Maryann Whitaker)

“Featured Session—Writing, Reading, Composing: The Movie(s).” (with Linda Adler-Kassner, Dominic DelliCarpini, Peter Vandenberg, Bump Halbritter, Steven Krause, Colin Charlton, Jonikka Charlton, and Darcie Bowden). National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). New York, NY. November 2007. 

“The Writing Center Goes to Jail: Inmates Tutoring Inmates in a Total Institution.” International Writing Centers Association (IWCA). Houston, TX. April 2007. (with Jake Pichnarcik and Lucy Smith)

ADDITIONAL CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES

Co-Chair and Presenter (with Hanna Ashley). "'Basic' Writers in and Out of School: A Conversation in Multiple Litreacies." All-Day Workshop. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). San Francisco, CA. March 2009.

Facilitator/Presenter. “First-Year Composition as Writing Studies: Implementing a Writing-about-Writing Pedagogy.” All-Day Workshop. Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). New Orleans, LA. April 2008. (with Elizabeth Wardle, Doug Downs, Kathleen Blake Yancey, Debra Dew, Betsy Sargent, and Barbara Bird)