| | '''Michael Vaughn Carter''' (born August 12, 1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/michael-carter/e105129831378|title=Michael V. Carter|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 4, 2018}}</ref> | | '''Michael Vaughn Carter''' (born August 12, 1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/michael-carter/e105129831378|title=Michael V. Carter|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=January 4, 2018}}</ref> |
| | Carter was reared in Huntington, [[West Virginia]], where he graduated in 1972 from Fred M. Vinson High School and Marshall University, with both bachelor's and master's degrees in 1976 and 1979, respectively. He did graduate study at Andover-Newton Theological School in Newton Centre in eastern [[Massachusetts]]. In 1984, he received his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Ohio State University]] in the capital city of [[Columbus]], [[Ohio]]. Prior to his CU presidency, Carter was the vice-president for academic affairs and professor of [[sociology]] at Carson-Newman University, a Baptist-affiliated institution in Jefferson City in northeastern [[Tennessee]], at which he was first employed in 1985. In the 1982-83 academic year, Carter taught sociology and [[anthropology]] at Warner Southern College in Lake Wales in south central [[Florida]]. In 1983-84, he was a teaching associate at Ohio State. In the 1984-85 academic year, he was instructor of sociology and director of Christian ministries at Judson College in Elgin near [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.campbellsville.edu/about/president/presidents-biography/|title=Dr. Michael V. Carter|publisher=Campbellsville.edu|accessdate=January 4, 2018}}</ref> | | Carter was reared in Huntington, [[West Virginia]], where he graduated in 1972 from Fred M. Vinson High School and Marshall University, with both bachelor's and master's degrees in 1976 and 1979, respectively. He did graduate study at Andover-Newton Theological School in Newton Centre in eastern [[Massachusetts]]. In 1984, he received his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Ohio State University]] in the capital city of [[Columbus]], [[Ohio]]. Prior to his CU presidency, Carter was the vice-president for academic affairs and professor of [[sociology]] at Carson-Newman University, a Baptist-affiliated institution in Jefferson City in northeastern [[Tennessee]], at which he was first employed in 1985. In the 1982-83 academic year, Carter taught sociology and [[anthropology]] at Warner Southern College in Lake Wales in south central [[Florida]]. In 1983-84, he was a teaching associate at Ohio State. In the 1984-85 academic year, he was instructor of sociology and director of Christian ministries at Judson College in Elgin near [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.campbellsville.edu/about/president/presidents-biography/|title=Dr. Michael V. Carter|publisher=Campbellsville.edu|accessdate=January 4, 2018}}</ref> |