Angelina Sylvain

Angelina Sylvain *16 NEU

Innovator, Change Agent, Princeton Star

Vice Dean, Graduate Education, University of South Carolina


Angelina Sylvain *16 received her B.S. in biological sciences from the University of California-Irvine and her Ph.D. in neuroscience from Princeton. As vice dean for graduate education at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, she leads data strategy efforts that inform financial, policy and programming decisions for the Graduate School and the Office of the Provost, while overseeing program development. Sylvain served on the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA) board and the Alumni Council Executive Committee (ACEC), advocating for graduate alumni as APGA vice president, chair of the APGA Engagement and Impact Committee and a member of the ACEC Careers and Networking group. At Princeton, she was also actively involved in Graduate Student Government and the Women in STEM Leadership Council.