Carolyn R. Hodges

Carolyn R. Hodges is professor emerita of German studies and former vice provost and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Tennessee. Her publications focus on Black German Literature, comparative literature, and leadership. Past activities include service as chair of the Committee on the Recruitment and Retention of Minorities for the American Association of Teachers of German and as president of the Southern Comparative Literature Association. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Arcadia University and serves on the board of the Georgiana Simpson Society for German Diaspora Studies. With Olga M. Welch, she partners in Welch and Hodges, LLC, Higher Education Consultants and Leadership Training.