Dr. Bryan Carter received his Ph.D. at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is currently the Director of the Center for Digital Humanities and a Professor in Africana Studies at the University of Arizona. He specializes in African American literature of the 20th Century with a primary focus on the Harlem Renaissance. His research also focuses on Digital Humanities/Africana Studies. He has published numerous articles on his doctoral project, Virtual Harlem, an immersive representation of a portion of Harlem, NY, as it existed during the 1920s Jazz Age and Harlem Renaissance. Dr. Carter’s research centers on how using traditional and advanced interactive and immersive technologies change the dynamic within the learning space. Dr. Carter completed his first book, entitled Digital Humanities: Current Perspectives, Practice and Research through Emerald Publishing in 2013, and his second manuscript through Routledge Press, entitled AfroFuturism: Experiencing Culture Through Technology was completed in June 2022. His current work has led to exploring the African American and expatriate experience in Paris through immersive and augmented technologies using handheld devices and wearable technologies, and Afrofuturism through his exploration of "presence" by teaching as a hologram. Dr. Carter is currently the PI on a multi-million dollar Commerce Department initiative to expand and enhance broadband access to underserved areas around the University of Arizona and its micro-campus sites.