Erik Carter

Associate Professor of Special Education

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2004

Joined faculty in 2011

Erik Carter is an Associate Professor in the Department Special Education at Vanderbilt University and an Investigator at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. His research and teaching focuses on evidence-based strategies for supporting access to the general curriculum and promoting valued roles in school, work, and community settings for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Prior to receiving his doctorate, he worked as a high school teacher and transition specialist with youth with significant disabilities. He has published widely in the areas of educational and transition services for children and youth with significant disabilities. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Early Career Research Award from the Council for Exceptional Children and the Early Career Award from the American Association for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.

His research interests include adolescent transitions from school to adult life, peer relationships and peer support interventions, students with severe disabilities, access to the general curriculum, and religion, congregational supports, and disability

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