Greg Kimathi Carr

Dr. Greg Kimathi Carr is the 2^nd Vice President of the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations and Co-Editor (with Dr. Mario Beatty) of the ASCAC African World History Project.  An Associate Professor of Afro-American Studies at Howard University, Dr. Carr is the university’s only faculty member who has earned the Ph.D. in Africana Studies. An apprentice of John Henrik Clarke, Jacob Carruthers, Theophile Obenga and Marimba Ani, Dr. Carr earned his Ph.D. from Temple University in 1998 under the direction of the latter three scholars. Formerly The School District of Philadelphia’s First Resident Scholar on Race and Culture, Dr. Carr led a team of ASCAC scholars, including Drs. Mario and Valethia Beatty and Sister Dana King, in the design of the curriculum framework for the African-American History course now required for public high school students in Philadelphia.  He also edited and authored the lessons for this curriculum.  The integration of his commitment to teaching and scholarship is also evidenced in his role as a co-founder of the Philadelphia Freedom Schools Movement, which is an extension of the ASCAC study group network that has trained over 10,000 elementary school students, 2,000 high school students, and 1,000 college students in an intensive, African-centered curriculum.   In May 2006, he presented his work with Africana history and culture in public education curricula to over 400 educators in Salvador, Bahia, who gathered for that express purpose. He has lectured across the U.S. and in Ghana, Egypt, France, and England, among other places. Dr. Carr is a former member of the board of the National Council for Black Studies. A twice-named Professor of the Year, Dr Carr, along with Dr Dana Williams, inaugurated Howard’s first Summer Study Abroad in Kemet in 2008. In this historic journey, he and sixty students joined in study with Queen Nzinga Heru, Queen Mother Patsy Jo Hilliard, The Holy Royal Family, and members of ASCAC.