Joy Carter

Joy E. Carter, CBE, DL, FGS (née Randlesome; born 26 December 1955) is a British geologist and academic, specialising in geochemistry. From 2006 to 2021 she held the position of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Winchester. She previously taught at the University of Reading, University of Derby, and the University of Glamorgan; she served as a pro-vice-chancellor at Glamorgan.^[1][2] She has additionally served as the chair of GuildHE since 2013, an organisation representing the heads of British higher education institutions,^[3] and was chair of the Cathedrals Group from 2011, an association of British universities and university colleges with religious foundations.^[4]

Carter was born on 26 December 1955. She studied at the University of Durham, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1977, and at the University of Lancaster, graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1980.^[5] Her doctoral thesis was titled "The geochemistry of mercury in estuarine mixing and sedimentation".^[6]

In March 2013, Carter was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) to the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire.^[7] In the 2018 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to higher education".^[8]

• Jickells, T. D.; Rae, J. E., eds. (1997). Biogeochemistry of intertidal sediments. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521483063.
• Parker, Andrew; Rae, Joy E., eds. (1998). Environmental interactions of clays. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 978-3540587385.
• Carter, J. E.; Stewart, A. G. (1 July 2000). "Environmental geochemistry and health: an integrated future in medical and geochemical studies—the example of iodine". Journal of the Geological Society. 157 (4): 835–836. Bibcode:2000JGSoc.157..835C. doi:10.1144/jgs.157.4.835. S2CID 129058856.

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