GUYANESE-born Dr. Joy Mighty, Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning and Professor in the Queen’s School of Business, has been appointed Carleton University’s new Associate Vice President (Teaching and Learning) and Professor in the Queen’s School of Business.

A press release issued on August 28, 2012 by Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Peter Ricketts said Dr. Mighty would be joining Carleton from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, where she will take up her appointment as AVP on Nov. 1, 2012.
Her term of appointment extends until June 30, 2018, and is renewable for a second term upon successful review. In addition to her AVP position, she will hold an attached academic cross-appointment in the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies, and the Sprott School of Business. 
Mr. Ricketts called on all Faculty and Staff to join him in congratulating Dr. Mighty on her appointment, and in welcoming her to Carleton.
The release notes that Dr. Mighty brings to Carleton a great deal of experience in teaching and learning, and she is recognized as one of Canada’s leading scholars in that field. Prior to joining Queen’s in 2003, Dr. Mighty was Coordinator of the Teaching and Learning Centre and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Business Administration at the University of New Brunswick.
Born in Guyana, Dr. Mighty received a BA, Dip. Ed., and MA in Education from the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica; an MBA from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and a PhD in Organizational Behaviour from York University in Toronto. Dr. Mighty’s areas of research expertise include diversity, equity, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. She has published extensively in these areas, including the 2010 book “Taking Stock: Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education”, which she co-edited with Julia Christensen Hughes from the University of Guelph.
Dr. Mighty is widely sought after as a speaker and expert on teaching and learning in higher education.  
In her letter accepting the position, Dr. Mighty stated: “I am delighted to be given this opportunity, and eagerly look forward to working with you and the rest of the Carleton community toward achieving Carleton’s teaching and learning vision. I am very grateful to the members of the search committee, and also to Alan Steele for agreeing to continue as interim AVP (Teaching and Learning) until the end of October.”