Kent John Chabotar (born October 7, 1946) is an American political scientist and academic administrator.
He graduated magna cum laude from Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pa., in 1968 with a bachelor of arts degree in political science.
In 1975, Chabotar was a charter faculty member for the College of Professional Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
From 1984–86, he served as chief financial officer for The Williamson Group of Cambridge, Mass., a start-up computer services company.
Bowdoin students established the Kent John Chabotar Scholarship Fund in 2002.