#  Joy St. John 

Associate Dean and Director of Admissions

 

 

 



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Joy St. John is Associate Dean and Director of Admissions at Harvard College. Prior to Harvard, she served as Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at Wellesley College. Her early career was comprised of admission roles at Amherst College, Tufts University and Occidental College, and she worked briefly as a college counselor and Director of Scholarships at The Bishop's School in California.

St. John has spent close to thirty years dedicated to issues of access and diversity in college admission and higher education. In her free time, she is a member of the Boston board of directors of Thrive Scholars, a nonprofit scholarship organization dedicated to helping high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds get into and graduate from top colleges equipped to achieve their full career potential.

St. John holds an A.B. from Stanford University and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law.