PERSON: Joe Gow
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Joe Gow (born 1960) is an American academic, musician, and pornographic actor. He was the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse from 2007 until his termination from the position in December 2023, when it was discovered that he and his wife had publicly produced pornographic films and uploaded them to adult websites such as Pornhub and OnlyFans.
Gow and his wife, Carmen Wilson, also wrote two books together, Married with Benefits: Our Real-Life Adult Industry Adventures, and Monogamy with Benefits: How Porn Enriches Our Relationship, under the pen names of Geri and Jay Hart. The couple created social media profiles on several services under the name, “Sexy Happy Couple,” and hosted a YouTube channel titled “Sexy Happy Cooking,” which featured videos of them cooking with pornographic actors.
Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Gow received an undergraduate degree in journalism from Pennsylvania State University, and later received Masters and Ph.D. degrees in speech communication from the same institution, also teaching at Penn State while pursuing his Ph.D. Before pursuing his advanced degrees, he was the guitarist and frontman of a rock band called Johnny Deadline, which released an EP titled Whatever Happened to Rock & Roll in 1982. The band broke up later that year, but reunited for shows in 1987, and had a reunion tour in 1999, while Gow was employed as a professor of communications at Alfred University. While at Alfred, Gow, then director of the communications studies program, published a 1993 study on the influence of MTV, concluding that male performers were substantially over-represented, despite the “revolutionary” status of the enterprise, MTV “finds itself in the incongruous position of presenting videos that reinforce very traditional gender definitions”.
In 2001, Gow became Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota, and in February 2004, Gow was hired as Dean of liberal arts at Nebraska Wesleyan University. In 2006, Gow was promoted to serve as interim president of Nebraska Wesleyan for one year, insisting on a salary tens of thousands of dollars lower than the salary that was offered. Described as “a student and faculty favorite,” his salary decision presented a stark contrast with that of his predecessor, who had secured a $750,000 retirement package when leaving the position.
In 2018, Gow courted controversy when he brought pornographic actress Nina Hartley to the campus to speak as part of a campus “Free Speech Week,” paying her $5,000 out of university funds for her appearance. Due to this incident, Gow was one of a handful of university chancellors in the Wisconsin state system who was denied an annual raise. In December 2023, Gow was informed by email that he had been terminated as chancellor, a decision which he challenged as a violation of his freedom of speech.
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Gow and his wife, Carmen Wilson, also wrote two books together, Married with Benefits: Our Real-Life Adult Industry Adventures, and Monogamy with Benefits: How Porn Enriches Our Relationship, under the pen names of Geri and Jay Hart. The couple created social media profiles on several services under the name, “Sexy Happy Couple,” and hosted a YouTube channel titled “Sexy Happy Cooking,” which featured videos of them cooking with pornographic actors.
Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Gow received an undergraduate degree in journalism from Pennsylvania State University, and later received Masters and Ph.D. degrees in speech communication from the same institution, also teaching at Penn State while pursuing his Ph.D. Before pursuing his advanced degrees, he was the guitarist and frontman of a rock band called Johnny Deadline, which released an EP titled Whatever Happened to Rock & Roll in 1982. The band broke up later that year, but reunited for shows in 1987, and had a reunion tour in 1999, while Gow was employed as a professor of communications at Alfred University. While at Alfred, Gow, then director of the communications studies program, published a 1993 study on the influence of MTV, concluding that male performers were substantially over-represented, despite the “revolutionary” status of the enterprise, MTV “finds itself in the incongruous position of presenting videos that reinforce very traditional gender definitions”.
In 2001, Gow became Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota, and in February 2004, Gow was hired as Dean of liberal arts at Nebraska Wesleyan University. In 2006, Gow was promoted to serve as interim president of Nebraska Wesleyan for one year, insisting on a salary tens of thousands of dollars lower than the salary that was offered. Described as “a student and faculty favorite,” his salary decision presented a stark contrast with that of his predecessor, who had secured a $750,000 retirement package when leaving the position.
In 2018, Gow courted controversy when he brought pornographic actress Nina Hartley to the campus to speak as part of a campus “Free Speech Week,” paying her $5,000 out of university funds for her appearance. Due to this incident, Gow was one of a handful of university chancellors in the Wisconsin state system who was denied an annual raise. In December 2023, Gow was informed by email that he had been terminated as chancellor, a decision which he challenged as a violation of his freedom of speech.
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