Joan S. Carver, Ph.D.
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and
Professor of Political Science
Jacksonville University
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Professional Biography
Dr. Joan Carver is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
and Professor of Political Science at Jacksonville University.
Prior to becoming dean in 1983 Dr. Carver was a full-time
member of the teaching faculty. Dr. Carver holds a B.A.
(magna cum laude) from Barnard College, an M.A. from the
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), and a Ph.D. from the
University of Florida. Her major for all three degrees was
political science.
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Dr. Carver has been involved with a number of professional
and community activities. She served from 1990 through 1993
as a member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in
the Services, a committee advisory to the Secretary of
Defense, and was chair of the Career Opportunities
Subcommittee and a member of the Executive Committee.
She is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Florida
Humanities Council and chairman of the Board of Advisors of
the World Affairs Council; past president of the Women's
Caucus for Political Science: South; of the Florida Political
Science Association; of the N.E. Florida Chapter of the
American Society for Public Administration; and of the
Jacksonville Women's Network. Dr. Carver is a past member
of the Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women, of the
Board of the Jacksonville YWCA, member and President of the
Board of St. Johns Country Day School, and a past Board
member and Secretary of the Jacksonville Community Council
Inc. She is currently on the boards of Meninak and the
jacksonville League of women voters. Dr. Carver has served
as Chair of the J.U. Faculty and of a number of university
committees.
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Dr. Carver's research interests are in urban government and
politics, Florida politics, and women in politics. Among the
journals in which her articles have appeared are the Journal of
Politics, Urban Affairs Quarterly, American Politics Quarterly,
and The Florida Historical Quarterly.
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Honors and awards received include being selected as
Jacksonville University Professor of the Year in 1971 and as an
EVE award recipient in education in 1982. She is a member of
Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.
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Contents Copyright © 1999 Joan Carver
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