Kelly Gorman
EdD, Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership, William & Mary School of Education
MSc, Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
BS, Psychology, William & Mary
About
Dr. Kelly Gorman is the Director of the Office of Health Promotion at the University at Albany. In this capacity, she leads the University's strategy, resources and programs related to student health and well-being at the population level.
The Office of Health Promotion provides resources and services for the campus of 17,000 students on topics such as sexual violence prevention and survivor support and advocacy, mental health promotion, sexual health promotion, substance misuse prevention, as well as the Collegiate Recovery Program to support students in recovery from addiction. In addition, Dr. Gorman also co-leads the Well-Being Collective, which is tasked with implementing the Okanagan Charter at the University at Albany as a Health Promoting University.
Dr. Gorman brings a wide range of experience to her role spanning various functional areas throughout student affairs, Title IX, college health and higher education at small and large private and Ivy League institutions. She completed her undergraduate degree in psychology at William & Mary and completed her master's in public health with a specialization in health promotion at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Gorman earned her doctorate in educational policy, planning and leadership at William & Mary where her dissertation explored executive leadership decision-making and organizational change surrounding adoption of the Okanagan Charter.
Publications
Gorman, K. (2025). Leadership for Well-Being: A Case Study Examining Leadership Decision-Making and Organizational Change Surrounding Adoption of the Okanagan Charter (Order No. 32000513). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (3206466187).
Entsuah, P., Gorman, K., Hawkins, J., & Coleman, R. (2021). ROARing 20’s: Cultivating Responsible, Optimal, Authentic, and Resilient Students. Journal of College Orientation, Transition, and Retention, 28(2).
Talks & Presentations
Gorman, K. (2025, November 12). Health Promoting Campuses Research & Five Actions of Health Promotion [Keynote address]. University of Michigan Well-Being Collective Action Teams Summit
Abrams, G., Swinford, P., Gorman, K. & Czachowski, A. (2025, June 18). Restorative practices and the health-promoting universities movement in the United States [Conference session]. 2025 International Health Promoting Campuses Conference
Gorman, K. (2025, June 17). Leadership for Well-Being: A Case Study Examining Leadership Decision-Making and Organizational Change Surrounding Adoption of the Okanagan Charter [Poster presentation]. 2025 International Health Promoting Campuses Conference
Gorman, K., Burwell, C., O'Brien, M. (2025, May 30). A Roundtable Discussion on Title IX Issues on Campus [Conference session]. American College Health Association Annual Meeting
Nevers, J., Gorman, K., & Smith, D. (2025, May 30). Giving Voice to Values: The development and application of an anti-racist lens in College Health [Conference session]. American College Health Association Annual Meeting
Gorman, K., O’Malley, B., Hinton, L. (2025, May 29). Health Promotion Section Hot Topics: Hot Topics Lightning Rounds [Conference session]. American College Health Association Annual Meeting
Gorman, K., Nyarko, E. (2025, May 28). From Timid to Bold: A Case Study Leveraging AI for Comprehensive Health Promotion [Conference session]. American College Health Association Annual Meeting
Additional Information
Service & Outreach
Dr. Gorman is active in American College Health Association (ACHA) where she has served as the chair of the Health Promotion Section and co-chair of the Title IX Response Taskforce.
Dr. Gorman currently serves as a peer reviewer for the Journal of American College Health and is a member of the Steering Group for the U.S. Health Promoting Campuses Network where she is the chair for measurement, research and scholarship.