Dr. Matthew Carter

Assistant Professor

Office: Arts & Sciences G110E
English
College of Arts & Sciences
MatthewCarter2@clayton.edu
Phone: (678) 466-4764

Biography

Education

BA, Theater, UVA Wise, 2008

MA, Master of Letters in Shakespeare, Mary Baldwin College, 2011

Ph D, English, UNC Greensboro, 2016

Intellectual Contributions

Matthew Carter, Samantha Dressel, Boundaries of Violence, Routledge – August 25 2023

Matthew Carter, Embodiment and Disability in 3 Henry VI and Richard III, SEL 1500-1900 – 2021

Matthew Carter, Othello's White Sword: Stage Properties, Race, and Performance, Shakespeare Bulletin – 2021

Matthew Carter, "Atrocity and Revenge in the Bloody Banquet", Arden – 2025

Matthew Carter, "O, Piteous Spectacle! O Bloody Times!" : The Faithlessness of English Identity in 1, 2, and 3 Henry VI, Religions – December 21 2023

Service to the University & University System of Georgia

Department, Curriculum Committee, Committee Chair – 2023 to 2025

Department, AI Writing ad hoc Committee August 2025 to Present

College, College Curriculum Committee, Committee Member – August 2025 to Present

College, Mini-grant Committee, Committee Member – 2021 to 2024

Service to the Profession

Chairperson, Marlowe Society of America, International – January 2019 to 2029

Other, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, Regional – September 2024 to 2025

Teaching Interest

Dr. Carter loves teaching drama in performance from all periods, but his real love is Shakespeare and his contemporaries. His primary area of expertise is the Renaissance, followed closely by the Medieval. He loves to talk about anything interactive, including video games!

Research Interest

Dr. Carter writes extensively about early modern combat manuals and how stage combat speaks of important elements of self-fashioning. He has also published on the subjects of exercise and pedagogy.