Joy Harris, Ph.D., MBA, has led a diverse career as an engineer and an educator. She earned her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Princeton University and her MBA from the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business. Prior to joining the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Dr. Harris was a senior packaging engineer at Intel and a technical consultant at Exponent Engineering and Scientific Consulting.  
 
Currently, she works to make a positive impact within Georgia Tech in multiple capacities. She is the Director of Undergraduate Transformative Learning Initiatives in the Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE). In this role, she focuses on closing equity gaps, lowering barriers, and increasing access to all opportunities within undergraduate education. Dr. Harris also serves as faculty director for the Engineering for Social Innovation (ESI) Center, where she creates the space for students to use their technical skills to make a social impact. Furthermore, Dr. Harris was recently appointed the Director of Women in Engineering for the College of Engineering (CoE) where she serves those who are underrepresented throughout CoE. 
 
Prior to these roles, Dr. Harris was a faculty member in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, as a teacher, mentor, and research advisor to undergraduate students. She was faculty director of the Global Leadership Living and Learning Community (LLC), and she was an Associate Director for the CREATE-X entrepreneurship initiative.  
 
Through her different leadership roles on campus, Dr. Harris has learned how to co-create with students, collaborate with faculty, and partner with staff to help enhance the Georgia Tech community.