Africana Studies / Rites and Reason Theatre

Mickell Carter earned her B.A. in History from Columbus State University and her M.A. in History from Auburn University. Her research focuses on Black internationalism, 20th-Century social movements, and the intersections of culture and politics. Her current project explores the connections between Black men's style during the Black Power Movement, Pan-Africanism, and masculinity. Mickell has published book chapters in the collections Reconsidering Regions in an Era of New Nationalism and Rights and Lives: The Civil Rights Movement, #BlackLivesMatter, & the Black Freedom Struggle (forthcoming).

Mickell serves as the incoming Treasurer for the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS). She has been involved in several public history projects, including the Bloody Sunday Oral History project, where she conducted interviews with Bloody Sunday Foot Soldiers to document their experiences. Additionally, she has co-produced a documentary on the Civil Rights Movement in her hometown of Columbus, GA.

Mickell's public writings have been featured in various venues, including AAIHS's Black Perspectives, the American Historical Association's Perspectives, the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project's Warbler, and the Washington Post’s Made by History. She is also a host of the New Books Network in African American Studies podcast.

Before pursuing her Ph.D., Mickell taught high school social studies in Columbus, GA.