Carol received her B.A. in French Literature from Swarthmore College and her M.A. in Education from Claremont Graduate School.

She has taught English in Burkina Faso, West Africa; Paris, France; Edinburgh, Scotland, and recently retired after 38 years at the University of California, Riverside. She especially loves to teach academic writing.

In her free time, she often travels to Hungary or her family's cabin in the forest or stays home to read, garden, and visit with her family and friends.