Bryan Carter, PhD

Dr. Bryan Carter received his PhD at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is currently the director of the Center for Digital Humanities and a professor in Africana Studies. He specializes in African American literature of the 20th Century with a primary focus on the Harlem Renaissance. His research also focuses on digital humanities and Africana studies. He has published numerous articles on his doctoral project, Virtual Harlem, an immersive representation of a portion of Harlem, New York, as it existed during the 1920s Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance. Dr. Carter’s research centers on how traditional and advanced interactive and immersive technologies can impact learning spaces. Dr. Carter edited the volume Digital Humanities: Current Perspectives, Practice and Research, released by Emerald Publishing in 2013. His second book, Afrofuturism and Digital Humanities: Show Me and I Will Engage Differently, was released by Routledge in 2024. His current work has led to exploring the African American and expatriate experience in France through immersive and augmented technologies, using handheld devices and wearable technologies, and Afrofuturism through his exploration of "presence" by teaching as a hologram. Dr. Carter is currently the principal investigator on a multi-million-dollar Commerce Department initiative to expand and enhance broadband access to underserved areas around the U of A and its micro-campus sites.