Carlton Wilson is a member of the faculty in the Department of History at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). He has served as dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities and as dean of the College of Liberal Arts as well as chair of the Department of History. He has also served as interim provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs.
He has held positions in several professional organizations, including the American Historical Association, the Southern Council on British Studies, and the Durham Museum of History. He is currently a member of the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina Press and the Executive Council of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Dr. Wilson received his undergraduate education at North Carolina Central University and graduate degrees in European and British History at the Ohio State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.