Victoria DeFrancesco Soto

Victoria Maria DeFrancesco Soto (born 1978) is an American political scientist and academic administrator. She is dean of the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas. She became the first Latina woman to occupy the position of Dean in a presidential institution. She was previously the assistant dean for civic engagement and a senior lecturer at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. In July 2025, Victoria Maria DeFrancesco Soto joined the Board of Trustees at the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).

She researches immigration, women and politics, political psychology, and campaigns and elections.

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