Dan T. Carter
Dan T. Carter built his distinguished academic career studying 20th century U.S. politics and the post-Civil War American South.
A University of South Carolina graduate from 1962, he completed his graduate work in history at both the University of Wisconsin and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1967.
He taught at Emory University for three decades before returning to the University of South Carolina, where he remained until his retirement in 2007.
His scholarly expertise in Southern political history provided the foundation for his deeply researched and widely acclaimed work on George Wallace and the transformation of American conservatism.
