Andrea Talentino

Andrea Kathryn Talentino (born January 5, 1968) is an American political scientist and academic administrator serving as the ninth president of Augustana College since 2022.

Early life and education Talentino was born on January 5, 1968, in Binghamton, New York. She completed a B.A. in political science at Yale College. She earned an MA in 1994 and a PhD in 1998 in political science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her dissertation was titled, Intervention After the Cold War: The Motivations and Goals of Contemporary Multilateral Intervention and she was advised by Richard Rosecrance. She joined Drew University in 2008 as the chair of the political science department. She was promoted to provost in 2020. She is its first female president.

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