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Steven Alan Carr is an American educator and author. He is a professor and chair of communication and directs the Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Background

Steven Alan Carr was born on June 21, 1964, in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. He is a son of William Arthur Carr, a systems analyst, and Maxine Ershler Carr, an educator.

Education

In 1986 Steven Alan Carr received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1987 he obtained a Master of Arts degree from Northwestern University. In 1994 Carr gained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Career

In 1994 Steven Alan Carr was a visiting lecturer at Sam Houston State University. In the same year, he became an associate professor of communication at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne. Carr served as an expert witness for plaintiffs in Florida tobacco litigation.

Achievements

  • Steven Alan Carr is best known as the author of Hollywood and Anti-Semitism: A Cultural History Up to World War II. This book received good reviews from critics.

Membership

Steven Alan Carr is a member of the American Association of University Professors, the International Communications Association, Speech Communications Association, the Society for Cinema Studies and Media Studies.

Interests

  • running, tennis, reading, computers, movies

Connections

Father:
William Arthur Carr

Mother:
Maxine Ershler Carr