{{Short description|British geologist and academic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Joy Carter | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CBE|DL|FGS}} | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|12|26|df=y}} | birth_place = | occupation = {{hlist|Geologist|academic}} | years_active = | known_for = | education = {{Unbulleted list|University of Durham {{small|(B.S.)}} | University of Lancaster {{small|(Ph.D.)}} }} | notable_works = }} '''Joy E. Carter''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|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.<ref name="WW 2018">{{cite web |title=Carter, Prof. Joy |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-245897 |website=Who's Who 2018 |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245897 |date=1 December 2017|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }}</ref><ref name="bio Win">{{cite web |title=Professor Joy Carter |url=https://www.winchester.ac.uk/about-us/leadership-and-governance/staff-directory/staff-profiles/carter-1.php |website=University of Winchester |access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref> She has additionally served as the chair of GuildHE since 2013, an organisation representing the heads of British higher education institutions,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Easter |first1=Dee |title=GuildHE elects new Chair |url=https://www.guildhe.ac.uk/blog/guildhe-elects-new-chair/ |website=www.guildhe.ac.uk |access-date=1 October 2018 |date=16 July 2013}}</ref> and was chair of the Cathedrals Group from 2011, an association of British universities and university colleges with religious foundations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Professor Joy Carter becomes new Chair of Cathedrals Group |url=https://www.chester.ac.uk/node/11203 |website=University Of Chester |access-date=1 October 2018 |date=28 November 2011}}</ref>
==Early life and education== 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.<ref name="WW 2019">{{cite web |title=Carter, Prof. Joy |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-245897 |website=Who's Who 2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=20 November 2019 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U245897 |date=1 December 2018 |isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 }}</ref> Her doctoral thesis was titled "The geochemistry of mercury in estuarine mixing and sedimentation".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rae |first1=J. E. |title=The geochemistry of mercury in estuarine mixing and sedimentation |url=https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.257251 |website=E-Thesis Online Service |publisher=The British Library Board |access-date=20 November 2019 |date=1980}}</ref>
==Honours== In March 2013, Carter was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) to the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire.<ref name="LG 60450">{{London Gazette |issue= 60450 |date= 18 March 2013 |page= 5313 |supp= }}</ref> In the 2018 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to higher education".<ref name="LG 62150">{{London Gazette |issue= 62150 |date= 30 December 2017 |page= N8 |supp= y }}</ref>
==Selected works== * {{cite book |editor1-last=Jickells |editor1-first=T. D. |editor2-last=Rae |editor2-first=J. E. |title=Biogeochemistry of intertidal sediments |date=1997 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0521483063}} * {{cite book |editor1-last=Parker |editor1-first=Andrew |editor2-last=Rae |editor2-first=Joy E. |title=Environmental interactions of clays |date=1998 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin, Heidelberg |isbn=978-3540587385}} * {{cite journal |last1=Carter |first1=J. E. |last2=Stewart |first2=A. G. |title=Environmental geochemistry and health: an integrated future in medical and geochemical studies—the example of iodine |journal=Journal of the Geological Society |date=1 July 2000 |volume=157 |issue=4 |pages=835–836 |doi=10.1144/jgs.157.4.835|bibcode=2000JGSoc.157..835C |s2cid=129058856 }}
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