Jenifer Cushman

Jenifer Cushman is an American academic administrator serving as the president of the University of Maine at Augusta since 2023. She was the chancellor and an associate professor of German at Penn State Beaver from 2016 to 2023.

Life Cushman was raised in the Appalachian area of West Virginia. She earned a B.A. in German and psychology from Rhodes College in 1989. She completed an M.A. (1992) and a Ph.D. (1996) in the department of Germanic languages and literatures at Ohio State University. On July 1, 2023, Cushman became president of the University of Maine at Augusta, succeeding interim president Joseph S. Szakas. Cushman and her husband have two children and reside in Waterville, Maine.