Dr. Joanne Fox
UBC is pleased to announce that Dr. Joanne Fox has accepted an appointment as the Principal and Academic Director of UBC’s Vantage College for a two-year term starting July 1, 2015.
As many of you may already know, Dr. Fox has been the Acting Principal of Vantage College since February 2015.
Dr. Fox has shown exemplary leadership in her role as Academic Director. As Acting Principal, she has overseen the approval of two new streams of Vantage programming as well as recruiting of the incoming class, and construction of Orchard Commons.
Dr. Fox has a PhD in Genetics and has taught at UBC since 2005 in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Her exceptional teaching has been recognized with a UBC Killam Teaching Prize. She is also a highly regarded leader in interdisciplinary collaboration and initiatives that enrich student engagement, both critical elements of the UBC Vantage College program.