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Emily Carter

Associate Professor of English

M.F.A., University of Iowa

  • Fiction
  • The American short story

Biography

Emily Carter teaches in the Arts & Sciences and has been at Campora since 2017. Students describe their courses as demanding, generous and full of real problems.

Before joining Campora, Emily Carter worked in industry and research in Boston and beyond, and still collaborates with partners across the city. Undergraduates join this research every semester as paid assistants.

Outside the classroom, Emily advises student clubs, mentors first-generation students and speaks regularly at community events.

Selected publications

  1. Carter, E. (2024). The Lighthouse Keepers (novel). Graywolf Press.
  2. Carter, E. (2021). Small Weather (stories). Milkweed Editions.

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