Courtney Carter

Courtney Carter is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), affiliated with the Department of Sociology. Her research examines race in organizational spaces, particularly focusing on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). She investigates how racial histories, ideologies, discourses, and practices shape and are reproduced through institutional frameworks. Currently, she is developing a book exploring the contested racial identity of 21st-century HBCUs, where stakeholders grapple with defining their mission amid evolving societal dynamics.

Her work includes analyzing HBCUs' responses to diversity pressures and how their foundational missions influence diversity initiatives. She has also studied the relationship between diversity practices and neighborhood preferences, published in The DuBois Review, and examined challenges facing HBCU leadership, published in the Journal of Blacks Studies.

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