Professor Croft is Vice-President Academic and Provost at the University of Victoria. She is recognised internationally as an expert in human-robot interaction, advancing methods that support safe predictable, and helpful collaborations between people and robots. Her recognitions include the Alan Blizzard Award in 2008, WXN’s top 100 most powerful women in Canada 2014 and the RA McLachlan Award in 2018. She is also a fellow of the American Society of Engineers, the Institute of Engineers Australia, Engineers Canada, and the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.