Joseph Glover
American academic
Joseph Glover is an American mathematician and provost of the University of Florida.
He was previously provost of the University of Florida from 2008 to 2023 and provost of the University of Arizona from July to August 2024.
Education
Glover attended Cornell University for his bachelor's degree, where classes taught by Leonard Gross, Kiyosi Itô, and Frank Spitzer sparked his interest in probability theory. In 1977, he obtained a master's degree in mathematics from the University of California, San Diego, where he also completed his Ph.D. in 1978 under the supervision of Michael Sharpe.
Career
Glover began his academic career at University of California, Berkeley, and went on to serve as an assistant professor at the University of Rochester from 1979 to 1982.
University of Florida
In 1982, Glover joined the faculty at the University of Florida as an assistant professor of mathematics. In 1987 he was promoted to full professor, and served as department chair from 1993 to 1998. Glover then served as the associate dean for faculty affairs for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. In 2001 he was named Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, and then was promoted to interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Science in 2006, and he served in this capacity for the 2007–08 academic year. In July 2008 Glover was appointed Provost of the University of Florida.
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