Kathleen Poorman Dougherty was appointed Interim President of Marietta College on January 1, 2025.
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Previously, Dougherty served as Marietta’s Provost and Dean of the Faculty. Prior to her time at Marietta, she was Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Alma College. She also served as Dean of the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education at Mount Mary University and as an outside chair at Notre Dame of Maryland University, both urban, Catholic women’s colleges. She held faculty positions at Bowie State University and at George Washington University.
She holds a B.A. in Philosophy from St. Olaf College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Oklahoma.