Spelman Remembers: The Rich Life and Legacy of
Richard A. Carroll, Ph.D.
Dr. Richard A. Carroll, Spelman College Professor Emeritus, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2010. Dr. Carroll began his tenure at Spelman in September of 1964, serving as professor and chair in the English department.
When he retired in 1987, Dr. Carroll was the Fuller E. Callaway Professor of English, a title he had held since 1972. Dr. Carroll and his wife, Dr. Evelyn Carroll (a retired member of the Spelman College education department) have been much-loved members of the Spelman College community for many years
Information regarding the funeral arrangements is as follows:
Services will be held on
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.
Radcliffe Presbyterian Church
286 Hamilton E. Holmes Drive, NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30318-7413
(404) 799-8286
Cards and condolences may be sent to his wife:
Dr. Evelyn J. Carroll
5140 Dublin Dr., SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30331-7805
Funeral Home Information:
Murray Brothers Funeral Home
1199 Utoy Springs Rd., SW
Atlanta, Georgia 30331
(404) 349-3000
Philosophy and Goals
The department of English at Spelman
College is dedicated to the goal
of creating accomplished writers,
critical thinkers and effective
communicators. To that end, we provide
all Spelman students with a core
curriculum in general college-level
composition as well as a variety
of courses that satisfy Spelman's
distributional requirements.
The English major/minor allows students
to explore a variety of literature
from different periods. The writing
minor allows students from other
disciplines to enhance their writing
skills and flexibility.
Overview of Courses
Spelman College, seeking to develop
well-rounded graduates who are
prepared to move into a variety
of academic and professional roles,
recognizes the need for high standards
of written expression and reading
comprehension. The first year composition
course provides a strong grounding
in core-curricular writing. More
advanced students can take more
specialized writing courses, geared
toward particular professional
areas.
Literature
Literary courses such as World Literature,
Twentieth-Century Black Women Writers
and Images of Women in non-Western
Literature ask students to acquire
skills in the critical reading and
analysis of diverse forms of literature
from fiction and drama to poetry,
autobiography, and historical texts.
The Major | The
Minor | Creative
Writing Sequence
Areas of Faculty Expertise
- African American Literature
- American Literature
- Creative Writing
- Technical and Business Writing
- Journalism
- Folklore
- Literary Theory
- Medieval Literature
- Modern British Literature
- Neoclassic Literature
- The Novel
- Postcolonial Literature
- Renaissance Literature
- Rhetoric and Composition
- The Romantics
- Victorian Literature
- Women's Studies
