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Having worked at the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ for more than 20 years, Dr. Carriker has gained a wide breadth of experiences.  In addition to leading his academic unit for 13 years and establishing the department's M.A. Program in Public History, he established the program's internship program. Dr. Carriker created his own history-based study-travel program called History on the Move, developed the Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation, and conceptualized the department's Museum on the Move project.  Many of his initiatives have been copied or replicated within his academic unit and he takes great pleasure in the truism that "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."  He's taken students on over 50,000 miles of excursions from Louisiana to Alaska and Washington, D.C. to Italy.  He also created a local food festival that was named as one of the top ten food festivals in America by Gourmet Magazine and has become a renowned expert on Cajun cuisine (even inventing the world famous Boudin and Cracklin King Cake).  Most recently, and perhaps most importantly, Dr. Carriker has established a youth oriented outdoor/education program called "Bob Scouts" and is working on a history-based food project called "Eating History."  You can hear him on his weekly radio spot on KPEL 96.5 FM where he does a "This week in history" spot or read his regular contributions to 008 Magazine.  

Ph.D. in History & Public History, 1996
Arizona State University

M.A. in History/Public History (w/Grad Certificate in Historic Preservation), 1993
Arizona State University 

B.A. in History, 1990
Gonzaga University