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Dr.
Joan F. Lorden, Ph. D
Provost and Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs
704-687-2624
jflorden@email.uncc.edu
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Dr. Lorden joined the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte as Provost and Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs in August 2003. She received the
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and the Doctor of
Philosophy in Psychology from Yale University. Prior
to coming to UNC Charlotte, she served as Associate
Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School
at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB),
where she was Professor of Psychology.
She has published extensively in the area of brain-behavior
relationships and specialized in the study of animal
models of human neurological disease. In 1991, she
was awarded the Ireland Prize for Scholarly Distinction.
She has served on peer review panels and scientific
advisory boards at NIH, NSF, and private agencies.
At UAB she organized the doctoral program in behavioral
neuroscience and directed the university-wide interdisciplinary
Graduate Training Program in Neuroscience. In addition
to her work in research and graduate education at
UAB, Dr. Lorden founded an Office of Postdoctoral
Education, programs for professional development
of graduate students, an undergraduate honors program,
and several programs designed to improve the recruitment
of women and minorities into doctoral programs in
science and engineering.
Dr. Lorden was elected Chair of the Board of Directors
of the Council of Graduate Schools (2003) and during
2002-03, she was the Dean in Residence in the Division
of Graduate Education at the National Science Foundation.
She has chaired the Board of Directors of Oak Ridge
Associated Universities, was a Trustee of the Southeastern
Universities Research Association, and chaired the
executive committee of the NASULGC Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education. She is a member of the National Research Council's Committee on the Methodology for the Study of the Research Doctorate. She is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, the American Psychological Association, and the American Psychological Society. |
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