Jo Ann M. Gora
President of
Ball State University
In office
2004–2014
Preceded byBlaine A. Brownell
Succeeded byPaul W. Ferguson
Chancellor of University of Massachusetts Boston
In office
2001–2004
Preceded byJean F. MacCormack (Interim)
Succeeded byJ. Keith Motley (Interim)
Personal details
BornNew York City
SpouseRoy Budd
Children2 (including one stepdaughter)
ResidenceBracken House

Jo Ann M. Gora is an American academic and college administrator. She was the 14th President of Ball State University. Before coming to Ball State she was a chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston, and, prior to that, the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Old Dominion University in Virginia.

In the 2011-2012 academic year, Gora was the fifth-highest paid public college president in the United States, with a total compensation of $984,647.[1] In October 2013, Gora announced that she would be retiring on June 30, 2014, after 10 years of service.[2]

Education

Gora earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Vassar College and master's and doctoral degrees in sociology from Rutgers University.[3]

University of Massachusetts

Gora became chancellor in August 2001.[4] This helped lead the way for her presidency at Ball State University.

Old Dominion University in Virginia

Gora was provost and vice-president for academic affairs. In 1995, President James V. Koch of Old Dominion University, took a leave of absence for a semester, leaving Gora as the university's acting president. At that time in Virginia, Gora became the first female president of a doctoral institution in Virginia.[5]

Ball State University

Gora was the president of Ball State University for ten years, from 2004 to 2014. She was appointed by the Ball State University Board of Trustees in May 2004, beginning her presidency in August of that year. Upon her inauguration at Ball State, Gora forwent a traditional ceremony and used the money to establish a scholarship fund.

Awards and honors

  • Indianapolis Business Journal named her one of the 19 most influential women in Indiana.[6]
  • Gora received the Walter S. Blackburn Award in 2006 because of her work promoting the Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning Indianapolis Center.
  • In 2014, the Ball State University Board of Trustees honored Gora as outgoing president by naming the Student Recreation and Wellness Center after her.[7]

Publications

  • The New Female Criminal: Empirical Reality or Social Myth?
  • Emergency Squad Volunteers: Professionalism in Unpaid Work

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ball State University president among nation's highest paid. (Indianapolis Business Journal Website) Retrieved May 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ "President Jo Ann M. Gora to retire June 30, 2014 - Ball State University". cms.bsu.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05.
  3. ↑ Ball State University - Biography (Ball State University Website) Archived 2011-09-13 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  4. ↑ Jo Ann Gora Is Inaugurated as Sixth Chancellor on September 27. (The UMass Website), Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Provost to Lead ODU While Koch is on Leave; Jo Ann Gora Will be the First Female President of a Va. Doctoral Institution". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  6. ↑ Gora receives honor in Indy newspaper(Ball State Daily News Website) Archived 2007-11-19 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  7. ↑ Fallon, Greg (2014-05-04). "Ball State names building after retiring president Jo Ann Gora". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
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