Rate My Professor Josie Carter

Dr Josie Carter is an Associate in the Department of English and Linguistics within the Division of Humanities at the University of Otago. She holds the degrees of LLB, BA (Hons), and PhD from the University of Otago, with her doctoral thesis titled 'A Time for Ethics: Janet Frame and W. G. Sebald,' submitted on 26 February 2010. Carter's research specializations and academic interests focus on contemporary fiction and ethics, as well as New Zealand and postcolonial literatures. She lectures and tutors part-time in the department, contributing to the academic community through her teaching and scholarship.

Dr Carter's key publications include peer-reviewed journal articles such as 'How far are we prepared to go? Mohsin Hamid's Exit West and the refuge crisis' (2021), 'Reading The Dead With W.G. Sebald: relational challenges to neoliberalism' (2019), 'Destabilizing the local referent: The flight of Laurence Fearnley's Butler's Ringlet' (2014), 'W. G. Sebald and the Ethics of a Guilty Conscience' (Interventions, 2013), and 'An Other Form of Ghost Story: Janet Frame's “The Adaptable Man”' (2011). Her earlier work features 'H. Rider Haggard's She: An Apocalyptic Reflection of the Flaws Inherent in Imperial Ideology' (Deep South, 2003). She teaches courses including ENGL127: Essentials of Writing, which involves weekly lectures on writing at the paragraph level and tutorials; ENGL228: Writing for the Professions, featuring assessments such as in-class tests, structural outlines, sources exercises, presentations, and a portfolio; and co-teaches ENGL121: English Literature: The Remix, exploring canonical texts in relation to modern adaptations. Additionally, she participated in the University Book Shop's Catch-Up Book Club, leading a discussion on Kazuo Ishiguro's 'Never Let Me Go' in 2022.