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 teaches two honor seminar courses: Climate Justice and Race, Class, and Gender. Carson is a former national leader in the College Board AP community -- serving on the Development Committee and as a Table Leader for the National Exam Reading.
He has published and presented papers that focus on Black identity, diversity, equity, and inclusion, religion, Du Bois, and the nature of history teaching. He is currently working on a book chapter 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. 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:
He has published and presented papers that focus on Black identity, diversity, equity, and inclusion, religion, Du Bois, and the nature of history teaching. He is currently working on a book chapter 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. 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:
