Alycia A. Marshall, Ph.D. - Interim President

Alycia A. Marshall, Ph.D.
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Dr. Alycia Marshall currently serves as the Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Success at the Community College of Philadelphia. In this role, she oversees Academic Affairs, Workforce Development as well as Student Support and Engagement. Dr. Marshall began her career in higher education at Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) in Maryland where she was a tenured Full Professor of Mathematics, Department Chair of Mathematics and Associate Vice President for Learning and Academic Affairs. She holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Maryland College Park, a Master of Arts degree in Teaching from Bowie State University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.  

Dr. Marshall is an Aspen Rising Presidents Fellow (2023) and one of the Charles A. Dana Center’s inaugural Mathematics Pathways Leadership Fellows (2016).  She has been awarded the Verizon Community Innovator Award (2013), the 2015 INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine’s “100 Inspiring Women in Stem Award,” a National Faculty Role Model Award presented by Minority Access Inc. (2015), the John and Suanne Roueche Excellence Award (2017), and the League Excellence Award (2021) from the League for Innovation in the Community College. 

Dr. Marshall was the Principal Investigator and founder of the Engineering Scholars Program, a National Science Foundation grant providing scholarships, mentoring, and support services to underrepresented students in STEM.  

Throughout her career in higher education, Dr. Marshall has contributed to statewide and national initiatives in mathematics, serving as the co-lead of the Lower Division Pathways Mathematics Advisory Group (MAG) for TPSE (Transforming Post-Secondary Education) Math and as a member of the Carnegie Math Pathways Steering Committee. Through this work, she joins a select group of national leaders to provide a voice in shaping the direction of effective and innovative math programs serving students across the country and abroad.  

Dr. Marshall is also very active in leadership development and is passionate about mentoring and supporting aspiring leaders. She is the founder and visionary of AACC’s inaugural African American Leadership Institute and led efforts to create the Aspiring Leaders Fellowship Program housed at CCP which now provides leadership development and mentorship to participants at both the Community College of Philadelphia and Montgomery County Community College.