# Joy Carter

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{{Short description|British geologist and academic}}
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| name  = Joy Carter
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| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1955|12|26|df=y}}
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| occupation  = {{hlist|Geologist|academic}}
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| education  = {{Unbulleted list|[University of Durham](/source/University_of_Durham) {{small|([B.S.](/source/Bachelor_of_Science))}} | [University of Lancaster](/source/University_of_Lancaster) {{small|([Ph.D.](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy))}} }}
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'''Joy E. Carter''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CBE|DL|FGS}} (née '''Randlesome'''; born 26 December 1955) is a British [geologist](/source/geologist) and academic, specialising in [geochemistry](/source/geochemistry). From 2006 to 2021, she held the position of [Vice-Chancellor](/source/Vice-Chancellor) of the [University of Winchester](/source/University_of_Winchester). She previously taught at the [University of Reading](/source/University_of_Reading), [University of Derby](/source/University_of_Derby), and the [University of Glamorgan](/source/University_of_Glamorgan); she served as a [pro-vice-chancellor](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/University_of_Durham), graduating with a [Bachelor of Science](/source/Bachelor_of_Science) (BSc) degree in 1977, and at the [University of Lancaster](/source/University_of_Lancaster), graduating with a [Doctor of Philosophy](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Deputy_Lieutenant) (DL) to the [Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire](/source/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](/source/2018_New_Year_Honours), she was appointed a [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/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](/source/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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Category:Alumni of Trevelyan College, Durham

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