Dr Joy Mighty is Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning and Professor in the School of Business at Queen’s University. She is also the immediate Past-President of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) and was the inaugural chair of the Educational Developers Caucus (EDC). Dr. Mighty has an eclectic academic background and a wealth of experience as an administrator, teacher, educational developer, researcher and consultant.
Dr Mighty obtained her B.A. (English Honours), Post-Graduate Diploma in Education, M.A. in Education and Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Studies from the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. She went on to earn her MBA from Howard University in Washington, D.C. USA, and her Ph.D. in Organizational Behaviour from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, Canada. Dr Mighty has worked in various teaching and administrative capacities in post-secondary institutions in several countries, and as a training and development practitioner in the private sector.
Her special interests are organizational development and change, as well as equity and diversity issues as they relate to both management and education. An award winning teacher, Dr Mighty is also a recipient of the Association of Atlantic Universities Distinguished Service Award for exemplary service and professional leadership, and winner of the 2004 Emerald Literati Award of Excellence for best article published in the Journal of Management Development. A frequent keynote speaker at regional, national, and international conferences, she has provided consulting services to private, public and not-for-profit organizations in Canada, the Caribbean, China, England, Germany, Japan, South Africa, and the USA. She has also published in various conference proceedings, journals and books, and is the co-editor of Taking Stock: Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, which features articles by internationally-renowned experts in teaching and learning.
