Academic Affairs Staff
Provost Carlota Ocampo, Ph.D.
Provost Carlota Ocampo oversees academic affairs, assessment, and planning at Trinity Washington University. She earned her Ph.D. in neuropsychology from Howard University and joined Trinity in 1997 as assistant professor of psychology, earning tenure and promotion to associate professor in 2003. She has served as associate provost for assessment, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (directing academic advising and the first-year experience), and as chair of the Psychology and Human Relations programs at Trinity. She is an alumna of and current advisory council member to the American Psychological Association (APA) Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology (LIWP) and has served on APA task forces on educational assessment and diversity. She is on the national advisory board for the Steve Fund/Equity in Mental Health Framework for Students of Color and is a volunteer peer evaluator for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Her interests encompass interactions among diversity, structural inequity, health, and education; she has numerous publications and presentations on pedagogical reform for changing student populations, racist-incident based trauma, and ethnicity, gender, and disease. She supports and directs academic grants for equity in STEM and in general education for women from historically excluded groups. She enjoys promoting student-centered academic initiatives, culturally relevant health and wellness, and life-long learning and holistic development.
ocampoc@trinitydc.edu | 202.884.9209 | Office location: Main 202
Michelle Koduah, Director of Academic Administration
Michelle Koduah has a background in neuropsychology and operational systems and compliance. She oversees admin support for faculty and staff academic projects. Michelle joined the Trinity family in 2024 after receiving her master’s degree in Academic Administration from Georgetown University in DC. She has made a career of servicing students of color in administrative capacities as well as through mentorship and charitable involvement with non-profit organizations. Her work includes serving as the Chief Marketing Officer for a women-centered educational and charitable non-profit organization, the Autumn Rise Foundation, Inc. Education policy, and realistic and affordable access to higher education are what drive her to work in the field and support both students and staff in their academic endeavors.
koduahm@trinitydc.edu | 202.884.9201 | Office location: Main 203
Toni Clements, University Registrar
Toni Clements, University Registrar, has over 20 years in higher education and has worked at a number of local universities. She holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Catholic University and Bachelor degree from the University of South Florida. In addition to her work in registration and higher education administration, she brings skills in information technology, computer systems, and accounting.
clementst@trinitydc.edu | 202.884.9240 | Office location: Main 206
Academic Offices Administrators and Staff
Trisha Smith, University Librarian
Trisha Smith brings a liberal arts background and a degree from Catholic University’s Masters in Library and Information Science to enrich the Academic Affairs team. As University Librarian, she envisions the library as a community change agent that forwards social innovation through collective impact. At Trinity, University Librarian Smith continues the work of transforming the Sr. Helen Sheehan Library into a cutting edge learning center by focusing on electronic and open access resources, innovative services and spaces, educational programming, community outreach, and maintaining a strong core collection that supports Trinity’s curricula across all four schools and the division of continuing education.
smithtri@trinitydc.edu | 202.884.9351 | Office location: Library
Katie Wanschura, Director of Instructional Technologies
Katie “the Moodle lady” Wanschura is the first point of contact for using Moodle, Trinity’s LMS (learning management system). She works directly with Information Technology and Academic Affairs to develop and coordinate support for instructional technologies at Trinity. Her background includes supporting newly developed online courses, managing technology and web presence in the non-profit space, launching a complex membership-only, online magazine site, and researching new media with a focus on podcasting. She has two B.A.s from the University of Virginia, an M.A. from American University, and a graduate certificate from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the Instructional Systems Development.
wanschurak@trinitydc.edu | 202.884.9713 | Office location: Payden Academic Center, 122C
For More Information
Please see the following pages if you would like more information about the Library and the Center for Research & Writing, Academic Services and tutoring, Career Services, the Center for Student Success, Disability Support Services, or any of Trinity’s collegiate units: the College of Arts and Sciences; the School of Education; the School of Nursing and Health Professions; the School of Professional and Graduate Studies; and Continuing Education.