1. CURRICULUM VITAE
CAROL A. CARTER, Ph.D.
Email: carterc@dewv.edu
CURRENT POSITION
Davis & Elkins College
 Division Chair, Department of Business and Entrepreneurship, effective Sept. 2013
 Chair, Department of Business and Entrepreneurship, July 2011 – Aug.2013
 Associate Professor of Business, July 1, 2011
 Director, The Center for Entrepreneurship at Davis & Elkins College
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Louisiana State University
 Associate Director, Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute (SEI), 2000 – 2011
 Director, Social Entrepreneurship Initiative, 2010 – 2011
 Director, Women in Business Program, 2000 - 2011
 Instructor of Management, E. J. Ourso College of Business, 1999 – 2011
 Director, Entrepreneurship Boot camp for Veterans with Disabilities 2010 - 2011
Dressing for Two, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA
Owner, 1994 – 2004
WBRZ-TV, Baton Rouge, LA
Account Executive
Creative Services Director
Intern – sales and production
WORLD WIDE HEALTH SERVICES
Owner
EDUCATION
Louisiana State University, Ph.D. in Human Resource Education, May, 2011.
Dissertation: “The Challenge of Female Entrepreneurship Education:
Impact of Self-Perception when Assessing Entrepreneurship Training Programs”
Louisiana State University, M.Sc. in Marketing
Louisiana State University, B.Sc. in Marketing

2. RESEARCH INTERESTS
Entrepreneurship Training Effectiveness; Female Entrepreneurship; International Training
Programs for Women in Business; International Entrepreneurship Training; Undergraduate
Entrepreneurship Training and Development in High Technology Fields’ Entrepreneurship
Training for K-12
PUBLICATIONS
Dissertation
Louisiana State University, Ph.D. in Human Resource Education, May, 2011.
Dissertation: “The Challenge of Female Entrepreneurship Education: Impact of Self-
Perception when Assessing Entrepreneurship Training Programs”
Curriculum development
Co-lead author: EntreLA, 2007 – 2009
Entrepreneurship curriculum commissioned by the Louisiana State Board of Education to
teach entrepreneurship to juniors and seniors in Louisiana’s public high schools. Curriculum
was written with rigor required to meet articulation agreements between secondary and post-
secondary institutions. Approved for use by the Board of Elementary and Secondary
Education; is currently being taught in public high schools around the state.
RESEARCH PRESENTED AT ACADEMIC SEMINARS
2015
 “Enhancing Student Learning Outcomes Through Computer-simulation Business Games and
the Impact of Current Events on Decision Making”, accepted paper, International
Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, November 2015, Seville, Spain
2009 – 2010
 “The Challenge of Female Entrepreneurship Education: Impact of Self-Perception when
Assessing Entrepreneurship Training Programs”, International Association of Technology,
Education, and Development, November 2009, Madrid, Spain
 “Networking and the Chinese Female Executive: A Baseline Survey of Perceptions and
Attitudes”, International Association of Technology, Education, and Development,
November 2010, Madrid Spain,
 “Understanding Training and Networking Needs of the Female Chinese Executive”,
Academy of International Business, June 2010, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

3. GRANT FUNDING
2012-2013
 Community Connection LINK Grant – worked with the New Historic Thomas board in
Thomas, W.V., to develop a baseline market study for business along the historic “Front
Street”; this $5,000 grant provided Marketing Research students with SPSS software which
they used to develop, analyze, and present the data.
2010 – 2011
 NCIIA - Co-PI with Dr. Loubna Bouamane; “Undergraduate High Tech Initiative”; a
program to develop intellectual property of undergraduates into high technology business
ventures in Louisiana, drawing from the academic disciplines of Biology/Biomedical
Pharma, Engineering, Digital and Virtual Computerization, and Business. $7,500 seed
funding to develop program more fully for application for $25,000 grant in 2011.
 Staples Foundation – PI on $10,000 grant used to provide scholarships for Women in
Business attendees
 Entergy Foundation – PI on $2,500 grant used to provide funding for the Women in
Business program
CURRENT PROJECTS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
2006 – Present
 Women in Business – a training program for nascent female entrepreneurs and those
interested in growth strategies; started at Louisiana State University, this program is
now being implemented at Davis & Elkins College. The program features day long
programming to teach women the basics of business startups, day long programs including
“How to do Business with the Government”, “How to do Business in China”, “How to
become a Certified Woman Owned Business”, and “Sources of Capital and other Financial
Issues”. The program also features monthly “Brown Bag Lunch Networking Sessions”,
where women network and hear speakers discuss topics of interest.
2009 – 2011
 “Bootcamp for the 21st
Century: Teaching Young Women Entrepreneurial Skills”;
implemented a yearlong program to teach entrepreneurship skills to young single mothers
between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four.
 “Bootcamp for Disabled Veterans”; started by Syracuse University in 2007 and comprised
of a consortium of six U.S. universities, membership was through invitation only. Through
Dr. Carter’s efforts,LSU became part of this group and Dr. Carter was named Director. The
Bootcamp provides intensive entrepreneurship training for military veterans who have
become disabled since 9/11/2001, paying all their expenses for this on-line and on-site
entrepreneurship training initiative.

4.  “Louisiana’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Statewide Conference”; a
gathering of entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship service providers, governmental officials, and
other university partners to provide entrepreneurship training, provide a map of service
providers to discover gaps and duplication in services offered to entrepreneurs, develop
standards for service providers, provide longitudinal studies of entrepreneurial businesses
both in startup and growth phases, institute a certification program, and increase micro-
lending partners around the state.
 “Distance Learning Initiative for Louisiana State University”; in 2009, the Stephenson
Entrepreneurship Institute was charged with developing a business model to bring distance
learning to Louisiana State University by Chancellor Michael Martin; Dr. Carter headed up
that initiative for the University, and wrote a white paper describing the current position of
universities with distance learning initiatives – making recommendations to Chancellor
Martin. She was a member of the Distance Learning Task Force, whose members included
the Chancellor, Provost, Vice Provosts, Vice Chancellors, and Deans of various colleges and
schools on the LSU campus. Data mined from the online initiative was to be used to
develop valuable information related to the distance learner, including program offerings
and demographic/psychographic differences.
2010 – Present
 Kirton Adaption-Innovation (KAI) Theory and Certification – Certified KAI
practitioner; designed business model to utilize the KAI theory and survey instrument to
develop Executive Education on-line courses and consultation for businesses based upon
survey results. Used data base generated by the survey instruments to develop research
focused on the KAI theory as it relates to entrepreneurship. Project June 2010 - 2011.
TEACHING
Courses taught:
Davis & Elkins, 2011 – Present
 Freshman Seminar in Business
 Management Senior Seminar Capstone
 International Business
 Introduction to Business
 Marketing Research
 Strategic Management – Computer Simulation Game
 Advertising and Promotion
 Entrepreneurship
Louisiana State University, 1999 – 2011
 Entrepreneurship
 Small Business Management
 Principles of Management
 Instructor of Record – Honors College undergraduate program
Central University for Finance and Economics (CUFE), Beijing, China June 2009
“Entrepreneurship in the 21st
Century”, Invited Guest Lecturer

5. Southeastern University of Louisiana, 2008-2009
 Entrepreneurship (daylong class)
MBA program
Syracuse University
 Team teaching activities during LLEEP Conference
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
 Curriculum Review and Revision, Davis & Elkins College, 2011-present
 Led faculty and staff in gathering, preparing, writing, and presenting re-accreditation
documents for IACBE over a sixteen month period
 Dissertation Committee, Louisiana State University doctoral student, 2011-2013
 Chair, Professional Affairs Committee, Davis & Elkins College, 2012 – 2015
 Chair, Faculty Assembly, Davis & Elkins College, 2016-2017
 Member, Executive Committee, Davis & Elkins College
 Member, Assessment Committee, Davis & Elkins College
 Member, First Year Seminar Committee, Davis & Elkins College
 Member, Retention Team, Davis & Elkins College
 Member, Senior Capstone Committee, Davis & Elkins College
 Member, Teagle Grant Committee, Davis & Elkins College
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Faculty Advisor: National Association of Female MBA’s, LSU chapter
Workshop Attendance: IACBE Conferences 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Professional affiliations and memberships
Board Member, Woodlands Community Loan Fund, Elkins, WV, 2011 - present
Board Member, President, Elkins Main Street 2014 - present
Board Member, Main Street Elkins, WV, 2011- present
Board Member, Chair, Economic Restructuring Committee, Main Street Elkins, 2013
President, Elkins Historic Landmarks Commission, Elkins, WV, 2015-16
Commissioner, Elkins Historic Landmarks Commission, Elkins, WV, 2014 – present
Vice President, Elkins Historic Landmarks Commission, Elkins, WV 2015
Fellow, Moot Corp, The University of Texas at Austin, 2004 - present
Board member, Baton Rouge Collaborative Group, 2005-2011

6. Board Member – Louisiana Governor’s Conference on Economic Development, 2004-08
Board Member - Dean’s Economic Development Advisory Committee – E. J. Ourso College
of Business, Louisiana State University
Louisiana State Director - Entrepreneurship Week, 2007 - 2009
Mentor - Old South Baton Rouge Business Summit – an underserved minority population
near LSU campus
HONORS AND AWARDS
Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award, a peer nominated and elected
award. Louisiana State University, 2006-07
Entrepreneurship 101 Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Field of Business Creativity
and Entrepreneurship, Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, 2007
Beta Gamma Sigma, National academic honor society for AACSB colleges of business
Gamma Sigma Delta, National academic honor society for the Agricultural Sciences
Excellence in Entrepreneurship, Syracuse University, the Experiential Classroom
Mu Kappa Tau, National academic honor society for Marketing