Brock Tessman | |
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Born | Detroit, Michigan, USA | June 4, 1976
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Brock Tessman | |
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13th President of Montana State University | |
Assumed office 2025 | |
Preceded by | Waded Cruzado |
Brock Franklin Tessman (born 1976) is an American academic and academic administrator. [1] In September 2022 Tessman was appointed the 17th president of Northern Michigan University;he assumed the office in February 2023. [2] [3] In April 2025 it was announced that he would step down from his position at NMU to become president of Montana State University. [4]
Tessman was born at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit,Michigan. He was raised in Plymouth,a western suburb of Detroit. [5] Tessman later moved to California. [6] He attended Brown University,where he graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Arts with honors in international relations. [1] Tessman received a Master of Arts and Doctorate in international affairs and political science at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2001 and 2004,respectively. [1] From 2006 to 2015 he taught at the University of Georgia as an assistant and later associate professor of international affairs. [1] Tessman served as a professor of political science and Dean of the Davidson Honors College at the University of Montana from 2015 to 2018. [2]
Brock Tessman is now the 13th president of Montana State University. [7]