Steven H. Tallant

Steven H. Tallant is president of Texas A&M University-Kingsville, a part of The Texas A&M University System. He is a member of the Executive Committee for the Texas Council of Public Universities Presidents and Chancellors and a past chair of the Lone Star Council of Presidents. Tallant has been a member of several off-site Review committees for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on College. In addition, he is a board member for the Board of Directors for KEDT/South Texas Public Broadcasting System, Inc.

Steven H. Tallant was raised in Paris, Texas, and graduated from Paris Junior College.

Tallant earned his B.A. (Sociology) from the University of Florida, his M.S.W. (Social Work) from the University of Utah and his Ph.D. (Social Welfare) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also is a graduate of the Governor’s Executive Development Program through the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas.

Tallant enlisted in the U.S. Navy after graduating from junior college and was stationed at NATO-Naval Support Activity in Naples, Italy. In 1973, he left military service at the rank of RM2 (radioman second class).

In 1978, he re-entered military service as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force. He spent the next 16 years as a uniformed social worker with stints at Elsworth AFB (South Dakota), Scott AFB (Illinois), Lajes Field (Azores), and Keesler AFB (Mississippi). His final assignment was at the Pentagon where he served as chief of Air Force Family Research.

Tallant began his career in academia after retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 1994. He joined the Department of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in September 1994 as a professor of social work. In 2000, he became associate vice chancellor and director of graduate programs and then served as interim provost in 2004.

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