| Jean Chance | |
| Birth Date: | 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Gainesville, Florida |
| Alma Mater: | University of Florida |
| Known For: | Chairwoman of the Hearst Awards Committee; University of Florida teaching and service awards; chaired UF faculty senate and Intercollegiate Athletics Committee |
Jean C. Chance is an American academic.
She received her JM (1960) and MA (1969) from the University of Florida.
She has served as a member of the Hearst Awards Committee for 25 of those years, and was also the chairman as well. In addition Chance has been a faculty member at UF since 1969.[1] She was a professor of Journalism until her retirement in 2003,[2] and was inducted into the UF Hall of Fame and Independent Florida Alligator Hall of Fame; she served as chairwoman of the Campus Communications Inc. board and Gator Wesley Foundation board.