BA, Spelman College; JD, Georgetown University Law School

BA, University of California–Los Angeles JD, George Washington University

BS, University of Connecticut; MS in health fitness management, American University; PhD in counseling and development, American University

JD, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall)  MEd, University of California, Los Angeles  AB, Public Policy, Stanford University

BA, North Central College; MFA, Emerson College

PhD Georgetown University, B.A. Harvard University

BA, Indiana University; JD, University of Missouri–Kansas City

AB, Stanford University; MA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

Ed.D., Administration, Planning, and Social Policy, Harvard University

BA, Vassar College; MA, Johns Hopkins University

BA, San Francisco State University; MA, communication, Stanford University

BSc, Tufts University; MSc and DPhil, University of Oxford (UK). Postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Oxford and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

BS, Southern Illinois University, MS, Radford University, PhD, American University

Ph.D. Mass Communication, Florida State University; M.S. Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; B.A. Journalism and Political Science, UMass Amherst

BA, Boston College; MA, PhD, Yale University

Talan received his Master in Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, studied broadcast journalism at Stanford, and completed his BA at the University of California at Davis in Political Science and Economics.