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Dr Greg Carter

Instructional Assistant Professor, History
Office
SCH Schroeder Hall 309
Office Hours
Tuesdays, 9AM-2 PM
Thursdays, 11AM-2:30 PM
Bone Social Hour: Thursdays 3:00-4:30 PM
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Selected Research

Current Courses

HIS 104.002 History Of Africa

HIS 136.007 History Of The United States Since 1865

HIS 215.001 Power and Diversity in Modern America

HIS 291.001 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In History

Teaching Interests & Areas

​African and African Atlantic History, American Military History, Maritime History

Research Interests & Areas

African Atlantic Religions and Cultures; MIlitary History; Colonial African History

PhD History

Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois

MA Africana Studies

Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois

MA History

Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois

Bachelor of Arts History

Quincy University
Quincy, Illinois

Impactful Educator

Maddie Best Foundation
2025

Staff Member of the Year

Culver Summer Schools and Camps
2025

The Impact Award

University College, Illinois State University
2025

Mortarboard National College Honor Society

Red Tassel Chapter
2025

The Impact Award

University College, Illinois State University
2023

Honor Society

Phi Kappa Phi
2020

Owen Blum, OFM Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement in History

Quincy University
2014

Performances and Exhibits

Seasons of America's Past
Greg Carter.
Illinois State University Dept of History. September 13 2025

Book Review

“Prout, Jerry. Coxey’s Crusade for Jobs: Unemployment in the Gilded Age”
Greg Carter.
(2019), 20, Enterprise and Society
“Spellman, Susan. Cornering the Market: Independent Grocers and Innovation in American Small Business”
Greg Carter.
(2019), 20, Enterprise and Society

Book, Authored

Backtime Religion in the Danish West Indies: African Spiritualities beyond Obeah, 1700-1850
Greg M Carter.
Bloomsbury Academic

Book, Chapter

“The Other America: Assessing the Demonstration Cities Act of 1966,”
Greg M Carter.
Great Legislators and Legislation in the Twentieth Century, Louisiana State University Press

Journal Article

“Taking Another Look at ‘Beast’ Butler.”
Greg Carter.
Loyal Legion Historical Journal, 71 (4), (2014)