Academic Work

Carey Gable has worked in higher education for more than two decades as a professor, academic leader, writer, and presenter. His work focuses on student success, composition pedagogy, learning support, basic needs, institutional design, and the changing role of artificial intelligence in higher education.

He has presented at state conferences, institutional institutes, and board meetings on topics including student support, corequisite instruction, authentic assessment, dual credit (College Connect), and the design of systems that help students persist and succeed.

Selected Publications

  • “Facilitating Student Success: Eight-Week College Composition Corequisite Courses,” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Vol. 52, May 2025.

  • “What Is Called Thinking?” The Humanities Review, 2023.

  • “Theo-Poetics: A Theory of the Divine,” Show Bear Family Circus, 2020.

Selected Conference Presentations

  • April 2026 — Lessons Learned in Learning Supports: Scaling Basic Needs and Academic Assistance Through Institutional Design — Texas Pathways Institute

  • February 2026 — Assignment Design: Ensuring Authenticity of Student Work in College Composition in the World of AI — Texas Community College Teachers Association Conference

  • November 2025 — Minding College Minds and Caring Colleges at Paris Junior College — Texas Pathways Institute

  • April 2025 — Facilitating Student Success: Eight-Week College Composition Corequisite Courses — Texas Pathways Institute

  • November 2024 — Implementing College Connect and Navigating the Future of Dual Credit — Texas Pathways Institute

  • October 2023 — What Is Called Thinking? — Community College Humanities Conference

Institutional Leadership and Board Presentations

From 2023 through 2026, Carey delivered multiple presentations to the Paris Junior College Board of Regents and campus leadership on learning resources, tutoring, student support, grant-funded programming, basic-needs initiatives, strategic planning, and institutional effectiveness.

Areas of Interest

Student Success • Composition Pedagogy • Learning Support • Basic Needs • Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education • Institutional Design • Academic Leadership