Second Life

January 2005 - December 2011

Currently working on several projects within Second Life to include Virtual Harlem, Virtual Montmartre, Kamimo Islands, a Composition course located on the island of Hyperbores (Freeside parcel) and a literature course

University of Central Missouri , Warrensburg

January 1998 - January 2011

Associate Professor of Literature, African American Literature, American Literature, Digital Culture and Digital Humanities

University of Central Missouri

January 1997 - December 2011

Dr. Carter's experience with virtual environments began with his dissertation project in 1997; a recreation of a portion of Harlem, NY as it existed during the 1920s. Virtual Harlem has been presented around the world at venues in Paris, The Netherlands, Sweden, Hungary, and multiple sites in the US. In 2004, the University of Paris IV-Sorbonne, funded the development of Virtual Montmartre and Dr. Carter was awarded the prestigious "Professeur Invite" from the Sorbonne. The evolution of Virtual Harlem was funded in 2006 by the National Black Programming Consortium and the Government of Norway with the development of Virtual Harlem and Virtual Montmartre in Second Life. Dr. Carter has been teaching classes which meet totally in Second Life for the last two years in his virtual classroom called "Freeside", reminiscent of the self-sustaining environment in the landmark novel by William Gibson, Neuromancer.

University of Missouri-Columbia

January 1994 - January 2001