Rate My Professor Eloise Carter

Carter’s research and academic interests centered on plant ecology, botany, and conservation, particularly the unique flora of Georgia’s granite outcrops and Emory’s forests. She co-authored the Murdy-Carter Report in 1986 with William Murdy, documenting vegetation diversity that informed Emory’s first forest protection plan and current land-use policies. Key publications include Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops, a photographic field guide published by the University of Georgia Press in 2000, and Investigating Biology, a laboratory manual for introductory biology now in its ninth edition by Pearson. She led sustainability initiatives, including the Quadrangle Forest Restoration Committee, efforts to achieve Tree Campus USA status for Oxford College, and volunteer projects removing invasive species along the Hearn Nature Trail. Carter shepherded the design and construction of Oxford’s new science building, which opened in 2016 with LEED Gold certification. Her contributions earned her the Thomas Jefferson Award in 2016, Emory Williams Teaching Award in 2004, Lifetime Achievement Award from Emory’s Office of Sustainability Initiatives in 2021, Association of Southeastern Biologists’ Meritorious Teaching Award, Fleming Award, Mizell Award, and Phi Theta Kappa Teaching Award.