Calvin Carr

Courses include:

BUS 499: Strategic Mgmt (Sr Capstone)

BUS 311: Operations Mgmt-Service Orgs

BUS 306: Fundamentals of Marketing

BUS 304: BUS Com, Ethics, & Critical Thinking

Calvin Carr has over thirty years of successful marketing communications experience in high tech trade publishing. He has recently owned a marketing communications consultancy business where he helped high tech companies with their social media messaging content and strategies.

He has successfully managed sales, marketing, and operations teams. He is an accomplished builder and leader of motivated, results-oriented teams that have increased sales, enhanced profits, and promoted rapid business growth.

Professor Carr completed his MS degree with honors in Journalism and Mass Communications at San Jose State University and also received an Online Teaching Certification at UCSC Extension. He received his BA from St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY.

He has taught at California State University, East Bay in the Communications Department and the Marketing/Entrepreneurship Department within the College of Business and Economics.

Also, he has taught in the Department of Communication Studies at CSU-Stanislaus and in the business school at UCSC Extension in both the classroom and online platforms.

Professor Carr has lived in Kenya, Italy, and Thailand and thrives in diverse ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural environments.

As a life-long learner, he is passionate about teaching and learning every day from his students. His teaching philosophy encourages the love of challenges, enjoying the effort, fostering curiosity, and being intrigued by mistakes.