About Carson
W.E.B. Du Bois panel at African American Intellectual History Society Conference
Edward Carson is an independent historian, residential faculty member, and Dean at The Governor's Academy, in Byfield, Massachusetts. He is the current Dean of Multicultural Education and member of the History Department. After graduating from Alabama Christian Academy in his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, Carson earned a B.A. in History and Biblical Christianity, as well as a graduate degree from Harding University. He primarily teaches Advanced Placement United States history and European history, and African American Studies seminar courses. Carson is a national leader in the College Board AP community -- serving on the Development Committee and as a Table Leader for the National Exam Reading.
His current research looks at race, religion, and Black thought, particularly that of W.E.B. Du Bois. His working manuscript, W.E.B. Du Bois's Editorial Influence on African American Life, responds to the gap concerning Du Bois’s editorial reflection on the Negro plight. He has published and presented papers that focus on Black identity, religion, Du Bois, and the nature of history teaching. He is currently working on a paper entitled, W.E.B. Du Bois: A Reluctant Communist. He edits for The Christian Century Magazine Then and Now, and sits on the Christian Scholars’ Conference committee. Joined by historians Phillip Luke Sinitiere and Gerald Horne, they edited a book titled, “Socialism and Democracy in W.E.B. Du Bois’s Life, Thought, and Legacy. Carson published a text for students and teachers through Norton Publisher, Historical Thinking Skills in History. Read more about Carson's passion for teaching in an interview conducted here by the American Historical Association. He has presented papers, workshops, and has sat on panels at leading diversity, equity, and inclusion conferences regarding race and inclusive policies in independent schools. Moreover, his exploration into the power dynamics of white male heterosexual institutions and how such promotes abject privilege at the expense of cultural changes is a focal point of his work.
You can read some of his Christian Century essays here:
His current research looks at race, religion, and Black thought, particularly that of W.E.B. Du Bois. His working manuscript, W.E.B. Du Bois's Editorial Influence on African American Life, responds to the gap concerning Du Bois’s editorial reflection on the Negro plight. He has published and presented papers that focus on Black identity, religion, Du Bois, and the nature of history teaching. He is currently working on a paper entitled, W.E.B. Du Bois: A Reluctant Communist. He edits for The Christian Century Magazine Then and Now, and sits on the Christian Scholars’ Conference committee. Joined by historians Phillip Luke Sinitiere and Gerald Horne, they edited a book titled, “Socialism and Democracy in W.E.B. Du Bois’s Life, Thought, and Legacy. Carson published a text for students and teachers through Norton Publisher, Historical Thinking Skills in History. Read more about Carson's passion for teaching in an interview conducted here by the American Historical Association. He has presented papers, workshops, and has sat on panels at leading diversity, equity, and inclusion conferences regarding race and inclusive policies in independent schools. Moreover, his exploration into the power dynamics of white male heterosexual institutions and how such promotes abject privilege at the expense of cultural changes is a focal point of his work.
You can read some of his Christian Century essays here:
