Jo Anne Vacca
Jo Anne Vacca (SED’78) of Vero Beach, Fla., was honored by Kent State University’s College of Education, Health, and Human Services with its Distinguished Service to EHHS Award at its annual Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony in October. Jo Anne received the award with her husband, Rich Vacca; both are emeritus professors in the School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies at Kent State. Over her long career there, Jo Anne taught courses in literacy and research, directed more than 20 doctoral dissertations, and served as an assistant to the president in 1985-86, as department chair from 1986-97, and as a member of the University Foundation Board.The Vaccas are co-authors of Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum, now in its 12th edition, and Reading and Learning to Read, now in its 9th edition.
From the Winter-Spring 2015 issue.