President and Senior Leadership Team
President Abiodun Goke-Pariola Biography
G-P obtained his B.A. in English (with a German minor) from the University of Ife, Nigeria, and his doctorate in English language and literature from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
He has 48 years of teaching and administrative experience at universities in Nigeria and the United States. His prior experience includes serving as provost and VPAA and professor of English at Queens University of Charlotte, NC; provost and VPAA and professor of English at Otterbein University in Ohio; dean of the Evans School of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of English at Berry College in Rome, GA; and assistant vice president for academic affairs and professor of English at Georgia Southern University. He has also worked at Illinois State University in Normal as American Council on Education (ACE) fellow and assistant to the president.
G-P has authored more than 30 scholarly articles in the fields of English language and Linguistics and a book on the political sociology of language.
Senior Leadership Team
North Central College is governed by a Board of Trustees of up to 46 members, which meets three times a year, in October, February and May. The president is assisted in their duties by a senior leadership team.
