Jonathan R. Alger

Jonathan Roberts Alger is an American academic and the current president of James Madison University. Alger became the university’s sixth president on July 1, 2012. Alger is the sixth president since the university’s founding in 1908. He was formally inaugurated on March 15, 2013. On March 18, 2024, it was announced that he would become the 16th President of American University.

Jonathan Alger
Alger in 2019
16th President of American University
designate
Assuming office
July 1, 2024
SucceedingSylvia Mathews Burwell
6th President of James Madison University
Assumed office
July 1, 2012
Preceded byLinwood H. Rose
Personal details
Born
Jonathan Roberts Alger

Rochester, New York, U.S.
SpouseMary Ann Alger
Education
Signature
WebsiteUniversity website

Alger is also a scholar and speaker on higher education policy and law and currently co-teaches a seminar on leadership in the James Madison University Honors Program.

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