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- Title
- Interview with Shirley Staples Carter
- Identifier
- camh-dob-007845
- Creator
- Daniels, George L., Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
- Contributor
- Carter, Shirley Staples (Educator)
- Topic
- College students, College students, Black, Education, Universities and colleges, Black
- Dates
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2020-05-28
- Resource
- Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications Trailblazers of Diversity collection
- Description
- Oral history of Dr. Shirley Staples Carter, Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications in the College of Information and Communications at the University of South Carolina, by George Daniels on 05/28/2020. Dr. Carter has held her current position since 2018. She was the recipient of the Charles E. Scripps Award, 2006 Journalism Administrator of the year, awarded by the Scripps Howard Foundation and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. She previously served as director of the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University, founding chair of Mass Communication, Journalism and Communication programs at Norfolk State University. University of North Florida, and Prairie View A&M University. She was also instrumental in establishing the Journalism Leadership Institute for Diversity, a pipeline program to attract women and people of color to leadership roles in higher education. She has worked in university relations and advancement, public television and is a former staff writer at the Virginian-Pilot as a fellow of the American Society of Newspaper Editors’ Institute for Journalism Excellence. She holds a Ph.D. in Journalism from the University of Missouri, an M.A. in Journalism from Ohio State and a B.S. in English/Secondary Education, from Tuskegee University in Alabama. The interview is a deep dive in her path from her graduation from Tuskegee University in Alabama to the present position in the University of South Carolina. Dr. Carter talks about how her interactions with people, her willingness to listen to her mentors and take one step at a time allowed her to make strides in her career. Eventually she gives credit to following her heart and understanding that she preferred journalism over being a highschool teacher.