Dr. Carter has over twenty-eight years with Penn State. In her current position, she concentrates on developing resources to support excellence in teaching and learning. Some facets of this work entail enriching student learning experiences, investigating best teaching/learning practices, researching educational innovations, and sustaining partnerships with other academic units. She serves on the Commission for Adult Learners and chaired the 2007 Hendrick Best Practices for Adult Learners Conference.

Dr. Carter teaches both traditional and on-line graduate and undergraduate courses. She maintains an interest in blended and on-line course modalities and serves as a Peer Course Reviewer and Team Chair for the Quality Matters project – a national program that focuses on assuring on-line course quality.

Dr. Carter holds a Master’s and Doctorate of Education in Adult Education from Penn State and a Bachelor of Music in Musicology from Indiana University (Bloomington). Many of her publications focus on socio-cultural practices surrounding work, particularly how core values of organizations and interests of employees are conceived and negotiated in workplace learning settings.