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"Dr. Carr is one of many professors in our department connecting te classroom to the complex and nuanced world that surrounds us."
- Student description of working with her
Keeping the Classroom Relevant
TEACHER
"In "Sisters in Bloom: Tending to the Garden of Sisterhood," students considered Black women's friendship as a kind of maternal labor. Students created their own archive and wrote letters to their class partners discussing Lorde's notion of the erotic, friendship, etc and posted the letters to our class Tumblr page." - Dr. Carr
PRODUCER
"Because our film centers doulas and midwives, we amplify the voices of Black women in the medical health field. Often, Black women are not viewed as experts or knowledgebearers. However, our film prioritizes Black doulas and midwives and their collective knowledge as essential in the fight against reproductive injustice." - Dr. Carr
EDITOR
Dr. Carr does a range of service in her position, including serving as the fiction editor for Obsidian, a literary and arts journal supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.