Carlota Ocampo, PhD

Carlota Ocampo, PhD, is the provost for Trinity Washington University and leads the Office of Academic Affairs, which supervises the planning, delivery, and assessment of Trinity’s academic and co-curricular programs. Ocampo joined Trinity in 1997 as assistant professor of psychology; she has served as associate provost, associate dean of Arts & Sciences, and chair of human relations (during which time the major grew to become one of the University’s top majors). Prior to entering administration, she taught for many years as a tenured associate professor of psychology at Trinity (a title she retains).

Ocampo received her PhD in neuropsychology from Howard University (1997). She holds an MS and a BS, also from Howard. Her scholarship explores pedagogical reform for changing student populations, racist-incident trauma, and ethnicity, gender and disease. Currently, she is exploring perceptions of care and mobile health technologies among community health clients. She has served on the APA’s Educational Affairs working group on a national introductory psychology assessment plan and is a class of 2011 Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology inductee. She enjoys ensuring student success and researching interactions among diversity, oppression, and health.