Cynthia Teniente-Matson | |
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.png) Teniente-Matson at the King Library's 20th Anniversary in 2023 | |
| 32nd President of San Jose State University | |
| Assumed office January 16th, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Perez |
| 2nd President of Texas A&M University–San Antonio | |
| In office 2014–2022 | |
| Preceded by | Maria Hernandez Ferrier |
| Succeeded by | Linda Schott |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1965 (age 58–59) San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | University of Alaska Fairbanks (BA) University of Alaska Anchorage (MBA) Fresno State University (EdD) |
| Profession | University Administrator |
| Website | Office of the President |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | A leadership competency study of higher education chief business officers (2013) |
| Doctoral advisor | Sharon Brown Welty |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Education |
| Institutions | |
Cynthia Teniente-Matson (born 1965) is the 32nd and current president of San José State University and the former president of Texas A&M University–San Antonio. Born in San Antonio, Teniente-Matson spent her adolescence in California, studied at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and studied and worked at the University of Alaska Anchorage. She then returned to California to work at California State University, Fresno, where she would later earn her doctorate before returning to San Antonio to accept a position as TAMU–San Antonio's president. As president, she has overseen the university's growth into a four-year college with its first freshman class in 2016.