The Next President of the State University of New York-Oneonta

The board of trustees of the State University of New York System has named Barbara Jean Morris as the next president of SUNY Oneonta. She will take office in July.

The State University of New York at Oneonta, located in the central part of the state, enrolls about 5,700 undergraduate students and 300 graduate students, according to the latest U.S. Department of Education data. Women make up 60 percent of the undergraduate student body.

Since 2011, Dr. Morris has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Earlier, she worked for 16 years at the College of the Redlands in California, where she served as professor of government and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Morris is a graduate of San Diego State University in California, where she majored in political science. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.