Geoffrey V Carter
Associate Professor of English
Department of English
Arts & Behavioral Sciences
Academic and Student Affairs
SVSU Main Campus
Science West 316
989-964-2295
gvcarter@svsu.edu
Biography
Geoffrey V. Carter is Associate Professor of English who earned his degree in Rhetoric & Composition from Purdue University. Carter teaches undergraduate English courses and his areas of interest include: video culture, composition theory, and digital rhetoric and multimedia writing. He has published articles in PRE/TEXT, Kairos, Enculturation, and Computers and Composition, and Hyperrhiz. He also serves on a number of editorial boards including Kairos and The Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects (TheJUMP). His work has appeared in books like Speculative Rhetorics: The Future of Rhetoric, Writing, and Technology (UP Colorado, 2019)
In his spare time, Dr. Carter collects and repairs vintage pinball machines, plays acoustic guitar, and stays active with his three daughters, Vivienne, Grace, and Lily. He lives in Midland.
Education
Purdue Univ-West Lafayette
Teaching Interests
AREAS OF INTEREST
Composition Theory and Pedagogy; Digital/Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Rhetorical Theories of Invention; Third Sophistic (Counter)Histories of Rhetoric; Electracy; Visual & Ambient Rhetorics; Musicology; New Media and the Teaching of Writing; Digital Rhetoric; Writer's Block; and Pinball & Gaming Studies
Research
EDITED COLLECTIONS
Editor. The Rocktalog: Scholars Celebrating & Inhabiting Musicians. Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures. Issue 23, Summer 2021.
Co-Guest Editor (w/ Robert Leston) RHIZ-Cade: Ten Multimedia Projects on the Rhetoric of Pinball. Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures. Issue 22, Summer 2020.
Co-Guest Editor (w/ Sarah Arroyo) Video and Participatory Cultures. Enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture. Issue 8, Fall 2010.
ARTICLES AND WEBTEXTS
"Neal Cassady and His Writer's Block Manifesto." Textshop Experiments. Volume 7, 2020.
“Speculative Phreaking: Uncovering the Future From Beneath the Internet.” Speculative Rhetorics: The Future of Rhetoric, Writing, and Technology. Ed. Scott Sundvall. Utah State University Press, 2019.
“Exposing the Idiocy of Videocy.” Textshop Experiments, Summer 2019.
“Writer’s Block, Or the Immense Effort Not to Create.” Bad Ideas About Writing. Ed. Cheryl E. Ball & Drew Lowe. Inside Higher Ed/West Virginia University’s Digital Publishing Institute, 2017.
“iPad Invention: Reflections on ‘A Thrilla in ManiLA’.” Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy. 18.1, Fall 2013.
“Tubing the Future: Participatory Pedagogy and YouTube U. in 2020.” Computers and Composition: An International Journal. 28.2, Winter 2011.
Affiliations
AREAS OF INTEREST
Composition Theory and Pedagogy; Digital/Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Rhetorical Theories of Invention; Third Sophistic (Counter)Histories of Rhetoric; Electracy; Visual & Ambient Rhetorics; Musicology; New Media and the Teaching of Writing; Digital Rhetoric; Writer's Block; and Pinball & Gaming Studies
EDITORIAL WORK
Editorial Board member for enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture
Advisory Board for The Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects
Editorial Board Member for Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy