Joseph C. Joyce

Who is Joseph C. Joyce?

Joseph C. Joyce, executive associate vice president for agriculture and natural resources at the University of Florida is a Jacksonville, Florida native. He earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Alabama. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 1982.

Joyce served as a limnologist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He was chief of the Corps' nationwide Aquatic Plant Control Operation Support Center and chief of the Natural Resources Management Section of the Corps of Engineers' Jacksonville District. In 1983, he joined the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences as director of the UF/IFAS Center for aquatic Plants, building on his background as a trained scientific manager. In 1988, he was appointed director of the UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.

In 1993, Joyce was appointed interim dean for research and in 1994 was named associate vice president for agriculture and natural resources. He continued to serve as interim dean until 1995.