About Carson


Edward Carson

Appointment:
2004
 
Education: (ACA)
Alabama Christian    
Academy
 
Harding University
History & Social
Science, B.A.
 
Harding University
Curriculum/History   Education, M.Ed
 
Courses Taught:
World History
AP European History
AP US History
 
 









Above: Carson presenting a paper addressing the concept of trans-racial identity and feminist equality in the Atlantic world. His paper went on to address the international organization of women and their rights in the era of sexual emancipation and the rise of anti-slave societies. After reading portions of his paper that addressed this basic premise below, he went on to show a brief series of slides showcasing the significance of political borders… by land and sea, as well as the role of slavery, religion, and gender as constructs of the Atlantic world.

After being educated at Alabama Christian Academy in Montgomery, Alabama, Edward Carson earned a bachelor’s degree in History and Social Science and a master’s degree in Curriculum Administration/ History Education from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. For four years he taught AP World History and AP European History at Central Arkansas Christian School in Little Rock, where he served as chairman of the History and Social Science Department. He currently teaches World History, AP European History, and AP US History at Houston Christian High School.  Edward is an AP European History and Vertical Team specialist for the Southwestern Region of the College Board and has presented at various two day College Board conferences and summer academic institutes, as well as at several professional historical and educational  meetings.
 
He is currently a member of the AP European History Test Development Committee and has been a European History reader for six years. He holds professional memberships with the American Historical Association (AHA), the Organization for American Historians (OAH), the Society for History Educations (SHE), and the World History Association (WHA).He is in the process of conducting two major projects: One focuses on the comparative educational experiences of African Americans in Northern independent schools, as well as Southern schools. Also, he is preparing to take a study/ research trip to Germany and Ghana to retrace the cultural and racial experiences of WEB Du Bois.