Daniel Carter, professor of environmental studies and Thrive trustee, has been awarded a 2020 Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award.

Daniel Carter, assistant professor of environmental studies and academic civic engagement leader at Sewanee, University of the South, has been awarded a 2020 Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award. The awards are presented by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission to recognize exemplary public service. Daniel is a founding board member of Thrive Regional Partnership and serves as Chair for the Natural Treasures Alliance.

Carter is also a local farmer and expert in land-use policy. He serves as a liaison representing farming viewpoints to the conservation community, and translates scientific and policy issues to fellow farmers.

Carter has been involved in two different community-building projects in Marion County: place-making education in the schools as well as the creation of support programming for at-risk youth. In a Sewanee education course, Curriculum Design for Place-Based Education, Carter’s students work with faculty and local experts on the history and geology of Marion County. Their work provides Marion County High School teachers with modules that enhance student learning about the geology, environmental history, and issues facing Marion County, including geology/physical history, and coal and railroads. 

In his second project, Carter has worked closely with government and community leaders in Marion County to bring an early intervention and prevention program for youth ages 10-15 who have been referred to the program either through the juvenile court system or the school system.